Vimeo is telling creators to suddenly pay thousands of dollars

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Vimeo is telling creators to suddenly pay thousands of dollars - or leave the platform. Popular Patreon creators are being hit with unexpected Vimeo price hikes as Vimeo shifts corporate strategy. (Mia Sato / The Verge)

mia sato 佐藤みあ @MiaRSato

new from me today on @verge: popular @Patreon creators who host videos on @Vimeo are getting notices of vimeo price hikes in the thousands of $ as vimeo pivots biz strategy. thank you @loishh and @hate5six for talking w/ me!

theverge.comVimeo is telling creators to suddenly pay thousands of dollars — or leave the platformPatreon creators hosting videos on Vimeo are scrambling.

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Mark Zuckerberg confirms NFTs are coming to Instagram. Love them or hate them, NFTs will soon be coming to Instagram. Speaking at SXSW, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that digital collectibles would be arriving on Instagram “in the near term.” (Karissa Bell / Engadget)

Engadget @engadget

Mark Zuckerberg confirms NFTs are coming to Instagram engt.co/35Vl7Qf

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How WordPress and Tumblr are keeping the internet weird. CEO Matt Mullenweg on why he bets big on small companies (Nilay Patel via The Verge)

nilay patel @reckless

Asked @photomatt (who runs Wordpress and Tumblr) about web3 and received this very important answer: theverge.com/2022/3/15/2297…

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Starbucks wants to become the gas station of the future for EVs. With 15,000 locations across the U.S., the coffee chain is betting it can convince electric vehicle owners that it's the perfect place to charge up. (Literally!)… (Adele Peters / Fast Company)

Richard Florida @Richard_Florida

Interesting ...

fastcompany.comStarbucks wants to become the gas station of the future for EVsWith 15,000 locations across the U.S., the coffee chain is betting it can convince electric vehicle owners that it’s the perfect place to charge up. (Literally!)

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Year-Round Daylight-Saving-Time Bill Passes the Senate. The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to allow states to make daylight-saving time permanent, under a proposal that would end the twice-yearly tradition of springing the clocks an hour forward and then winding them back an hour in… (Natalie Andrews via Wall Street Journal)

Tim Hanrahan @TimJHanrahan

COUNTERPOINT: The American Academy of Sleep Medicine says time changes are bad, but argues that the U.S. should permanently switch to **standard time**

wsj.comYear-Round Daylight-Saving-Time Bill Passes the SenateSunshine state Sen. Marco Rubio hails brighter evenings; critics decry darker mornings.

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