Bonus Clip: Understanding The Buzznet Blueprint

Before Instagram Stories, before TikTok dances, before anyone said "influencer," there was Buzznet. This forgotten platform accidentally invented the blueprint for modern social media—and then got destroyed by its own success.

Join host Leslie Simon and explore how Buzznet's innovations in authentic community building, creator monetization, and visual storytelling became the template that every platform since has followed. From Discord's community features to Instagram's aesthetic curation, the patterns that emerged from this small music platform are still shaping your digital experience today.

Decode the foundational patterns that every platform still follows, why they keep making the same mistakes, and what happens when innovation becomes invisible.

Want the complete Buzznet origin story? Check out our two-part series on The Rise & The Fall of Buzznet.