<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Social media can be a storefront, classroom,... > Social media can be a storefront, classroom, publishing network, and relationship layer, but attention is not ownership. Durable creators preserve direct audience paths, archives, skills, and identities that can survive a platform's changing incentives. Reach is useful; retained capability is security. **Source:** [[livestreams/Money, Self-Worth, and Decentralized Opportunity — Part 2 - Workbook|Money, Self-Worth, and Decentralized Opportunity — Part 2]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Social media can be a storefront, classroom, publishing network, and relationship layer, but attention is not ownership. Durable creators preserve direct audience paths, archives, skills, and identities that can survive a platform's changing incentives. Reach is useful; retained capability is security.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-social-media-storefront-retained-capability-security ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->