We explain why creator products should solve creator supply as a product-design problem before trying to recruit creators at scale. Make the first contribution small and useful with material already in the product, give ordinary users a credible reason to participate, build with direct feedback from the first cohort, and make the second contribution easier than the first. The historical Musical.ly case and original TikTok issue are linked at https://first1000.substack.com/p/tiktok.

[Creator products need content liquidity before they need creator scale](<https://www.first1000.co/blog/content-liquidity-before-creator-scale>)

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