Humanity takes shape in the conversation between us.
Expression meeting other minds is how we come to know the world, and each other. The ideas we hold grow from what others have offered. Every culture is a conversation that outlived its first voices, carried like a current from one generation to the next.
The conversation moves in a cycle. What we receive, we carry onward and return - and in that flow we grow more human.
It travels through a song, a story, an argument, a question asked aloud. Whatever the form, at its heart is a person sharing how they see the world, so others may see it.
The web has opened this conversation to ever more voices. Thousands, now millions, bring their perspectives, convictions, wit and questions into the stream. Each adds depth, making the conversation wider, richer - more human.
Creators keep publishing where they already do. Tidepool adds a shared layer of support beneath that work, so attention can return to the voices that earned it.
Gratitude is part of that conversation, the natural answer to being moved. When it flows back as freely as attention flows out, it nourishes those voices. They grow deeper, reach further, and leave their own mark.
And as they rise, so does humanity.
A note from the founder
I’m Tomer Marshall. I’ve founded three startups, hosted a podcast, and once ran a YouTube channel — back before channels were a thing. (Too early. It was a mistake.)
I’ve spent years as a creator, and more years working alongside creators. Tidepool is what I came to understand we’ve all been missing.
We’re still figuring parts of this out — how attention is counted, how the split works, what a fair fee looks like — and we’re doing it in the open, together with our founding creators. And honestly, I’d love to talk to creators. If you’d like to say hello, drop a line and let’s schedule a chat.
— Tomer
@tomer.marshall