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What platforms actually sell when they sell connection.

In 2019, I sat in a product meeting where we discussed increasing “time in app” by 2.3%. The number was specific because the projections were specific: each percentage point translated to roughly $40 million in annual revenue. Someone asked what users would actually get from spending more time with us. The room went quiet. Then someone else said, “That’…