The Creator Economy and Crypto with Robin Schmidt (Podcast)

Trying a new audio format if you prefer podcasts!

Robin Schmidt, aka SuperMassive, just launched his new project BasedAF! He is the former Head of Video and Media at The Defiant. He was the original star and producer of The Defiant Youtube channel, which grew to over 100k subscribers in less than a year during 2021. BasedAF recently dropped a number of teasers and a theatrical trailer on their Twitter account alluding to a mysterious "mint" which took place on January 6-7, 2023.

In this interview, we discuss his insights on what he calls The Creator Economy and how it has been impacted in both positive and negative ways by crypto and new Web3 tools such as NFTs. Robin has been a professional filmmaker and a standout content creator in the crypto space. He shares his hope to design better incentives for creators to keep doing what they love without needing to extract value from their audience, thanks to a few lessons he learned from his time exploring reporting on DeFi.

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Topics Covered

00:00 - Background on earlier recording and new BasedAF launch
01:30 - Intro
05:00 - Robin's life before crypto and finding a home at The Defiant
15:00 - His time at The Defiant exploring DeFi
22:00 - What's the Creator Economy
32:30 - Where does Web3 fit into the Creator Economy
38:00 - The issue with audience value extraction by creators
46:00 - "It's the [Youtube] algorithm that's the problem, but it's also the game"
48:30 - As a creator, why Robin moved on to build BasedAF
52:30 - How the Metaverse serves new opportunities and reconnects us with lost parts of our own humanity
55:00 - Closing


Guest Links

Learn about BasedAF using this Linktree
linktr.ee/based_af

BasedAF on Twitter
twitter.com/we_are_BasedAF

Robin Schmidt (SuperMassive) on Twitter
twitter.com/IamSuperMassive


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