MINI TECH SCROLL: Patreon creator economy insights, Skype to close, Twitch expands monetisation + new Reels app
Thank you to Qatar Airways Student Club for sponsoring this week of mini scroll: https://www.qatarairways.com/en-au/student-club.htmlThe biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from March 5th, 2025.Timestamps:2:30 Patreon report on the creator economy stats7:52 Skype is shutting down10:22 Twitch is expanding its monetisation policies12:22 Instagram might be launching a separate reels appFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ Sources:https://postingnexus.substack.com/p/everything-that-built-the-creator https://news.patreon.com/articles/state-of-create https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/03/as-skype-shuts-down-its-legacy-is-end-to-end-encryption-for-the-masses/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/28/microsoft-hangs-up-on-skype-service-to-shut-down-may-5-2025/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/28/microsoft-skype/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/27/twitch-is-letting-more-streamers-access-its-monetization-tools/ https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2025/02/27/what-s-next-in-2025-an-open-letter-from-twitch-ceo-dan-clancy/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgwwd09vwzo https://centennialworld.substack.com/p/not-all-kens