Creator Beer Club at Evil Twin Brewing in Dumbo— Oct 13, 2021

Howdy Creators 👋

​Have you ever met someone from the internet IRL? What different nuances exist in these friendships that might not exist in a friendship of someone you met initially IRL?

​Let me toss the idea out that these relationships really shouldn't be that different. At the end of the day we're seeking connection, friendship, and authenticity online.

​I explored some of the nuance of these online relationships in the recent Fandom Communities newsletter — and why it's so important to move beyond the parasocial.

​While the internet provided us so many different ways to make a living — it also normalized parasocial relationships (not cool).

Let's break this norm — starting one conversation at at a time.

And I'll kick it off — let's chat + get to know one another, just for the sake of getting to know one another — see you at creator beer club tomorrow night at Evil Twin Brewing.

See you Wednesday Oct 13, 2021 at 7:00 PM at Evil Twin Brewing, Dumbo.

RSVP here

Cheers 🍻

Things that are worth raising a glass to:

• Mutual Aid, Extremely Online — how we organize to help our fellow humans in the midst of a pandemic.
• I'm personally quite excited for Nintendo 64 games to be made available on Switch.
• The new bond film came out this past weekend — and I thought it was a nice wrap on the Daniel Craig bond films as did many others on the internet — here's NPR's take.

Upcoming Events​

• Today, Oct 12, 1PM ET — Join me and Rosie Sherry at an Orbit Study Group [ RSVP Here ]
• ​Tomorrow, Oct 13 9:30AM ET — Rosie Sherry + myself will be exploring the Economics of Community on Twitter Spaces — [ RSVP here ]
• ​Tomorrow, Oct 13 7PM ET — Join fellow creators + creator-curious at Evil Twin Brewing in Dumbo, NYC for a cold one and good conversation. [ RSVP here ]
• ​Thursday, Oct 14, 3PM ET — Catch Maricris Bonzo + the Orbit team breaking down the basics behind Web 3.0 — [ RSVP here ]

Things worth pouring a glass and reading

• ​The pandemic changed what I felt about gaming — by Joshua Poh
• ​On Being Perceived — by Kelsey McKinney
• ​A really good thread of alternate language we should use when discussing community — by Rosie Sherry

And click here to watch a wildly unhinged tiktok featuring Smash Mouth because I just...can't.