GETTR & social media moderation, NYT to acquire The Athletic + Axie Infinity’s Jeff Zirlin on NFT gaming | E1354

Summary: First, Jason and Molly cover how the Twitter competitor GETTR got 700K+ downloads this week (2:25) and discuss the challenges of moderating a social media platform (15:54). Then, they quickly cover how the NYT is reportedly buying the Athletic for $550M (21:13). To wrap, we have an interview with Jiho Zirlin from Axie Infinity, the multi-billion dollar NFT game (32:15). They talk about how "play to earn" games actually work (40:11), balancing an in-game economy (53:33), renting Axies and how "guilds" work (58:05), digital land (1:03:42) and more!