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This week on Means of Creation, we spoke to Sam Lessin!\n\nSam is currently the co-founder of Fin and General Partner at Slow Ventures. He also writes a column at The Information called Modest Proposals that covers creators, platforms, and startups writ large. \n\nHe was formerly a vice president of product management at Facebook from 2010 to 2014. Prior to joining Facebook Sam founded drop.io, a file-sharing platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2010. \n\nIn this interview, we are going to talk to Sam about:\n\n- Equity financing for influencers \n- How platforms\u2019 attitudes towards creators has changed over the years \n- The creator revenue streams that will be significant in the next few years \n- Why Reels won\u2019t really stop TikTok\u2019s growth and how Instagram can incentivise creators\n- Slow\u2019s early investment in Clubhouse. \n- What to look for in early-stage social platforms before they\u2019ve proved scale and network effects \n- The success of OnlyFans and how it fits in with the societal problem of only needing 1,000 true fans to be successful online