Get Paid for Sharing Good Links | Internet Explorers Ep. 81

We sit down with Internet-native builder and creative coder Mike Bodge to break down his newest experiment: AUX, a gamified curation tool for attention, links, and taste. Described as StumbleUpon meets group chat meets token-powered leaderboard, AUX lets you post URLs that battle for the Internet’s front page. It’s an onchain attention economy that’s equal parts meme-fuel and media archive—designed with taste, not virality, in mind. Before Mike joins, Jess, Josh, and Peace explore the week’s most interesting moments: Noice, the evolution of creator tokens, and why L1 assets might be in trouble. Plus: MoviePass is back (?!) and trying to make you a fantasy film mogul. Stick around to the end for a heartfelt goodbye—a big new chapter awaits us all. This episode unpacks: How Noice turns Farcaster into a microtip economy The messy future of creator tokens Why apps, not L1s, will capture disprortionate value What AUX reveals about curating Internet taste How Mike Bodge hides the crypto in his app Rekt as the blueprint for brand-backed tokens What MoviePass is building with $100M (?!?) The difference between novelty loops and compounding crypto businesses Why VCs are rethinking the startup funding factory A preview of what’s coming after Internet Explorers Chapters: 0:00 — Intro: Discussing end of Q2 and Bitcoin's quiet ATH 5:06 — Noice taking over Farcaster world and L1 discussions 15:31 — Introducing Mike Bodge and AUX: Internet attention machines 29:32 — AUX: Curating the ultimate feed for the internet 38:14 — Tokenomics and business model behind AUX platform 46:48 — Exploring AUX's content and user engagement strategies 54:10 — Discussing changing landscape of startup fundraising strategies 58:05 — Brand coins: Capturing social and cultural value 1:00:03 — MoviePass raises $100M for fantasy movie mogul game 1:07:49 — Announcement: farewell (for the moment), teasing future plans Internet Explorers is a weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer Internet experiences. Seed Club Twitter: https://x.com/seedclubhq Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-explorers/id1756599282 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iJk3xZoij7pVhlNbTP9qS?si=4cda0ac044dc4c6a Pods.media: https://pods.media/internet-explorers