[rglullis]

> Not every product needs to be at the 100m user scale to be a success.

But the absolute overwhelming majority of content creators are putting all the work with the hopes of achieving that scale of success.

> The nice thing about this era for a creator is that having 10,000 dedicated fans is enough.

For one creator, yes. For a whole economy that can bring billions of dollars per year, you will need to have a much larger consumer base, and you'll need to have a substantial part of them willing to support a lot more than a handful of creators.