Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
"I don’t like what the current Internet is doing to humans or doing to me," Jack Conte explains to host Lizzie O'Leary on a recent episode of What Next: TBD.
@Jackconte is the CEO and cofounder of Patreon, which just paid out $10 billion to creators. He joins the show to talk about the fundamental difference between Patreon and social media sites like TikTok and Facebook (for both creators and consumers)—and whether we can really change the internet as we know it today.
Is the algorithm the only way to have media and community on the internet? Listen for more on What Next: TBD, now on YouTube: youtu.be/i5KYxJ1Pu3Q?si=n_UwcMtCZA8mgl8G
#jackconte #patreon #creatoreconomy #creators
"I don’t like what the current Internet is doing to humans or doing to me," Jack Conte explains to host Lizzie O'Leary on a recent episode of What Next: TBD.
@Jackconte is the CEO and cofounder of Patreon, which just paid out $10 billion to creators. He joins the show to talk about the fundamental difference between Patreon and social media sites like TikTok and Facebook (for both creators and consumers)—and whether we can really change the internet as we know it today.
Is the algorithm the only way to have media and community on the internet? Listen for more on What Next: TBD, now on YouTube: youtu.be/i5KYxJ1Pu3Q?si=n_UwcMtCZA8mgl8G
#jackconte #patreon #creatoreconomy #creators
