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Naavik Digest: How Friendslop Is Disrupting the Live-ops Status Quo

The Metacast by Naavik

Aug 9, 202612:16Business

This episode covers the Naavik Digest newsletter published on Sunday, August 9th. In this week’s issue, we discuss the rising “friendslop" phenomenon, why it’s somewhat disrupting established live-ops practices, and whet...

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