One of the biggest infrastructure blind spots in the live event world is being uncovered. Picture a concert hall with 3,000 attendees: the venue likely only has a concrete relationship with about 1,000 of those faces. That means two-thirds of that massive, captured attention is essentially operating in the dark for the organizer. This fascinating discussion breaks down how legacy ticketing platforms were built only for the *transaction*, not for fostering a true *relationship*. The resulting "shadow audience" represents an enormous untapped opportunity in the modern attention economy. A deep dive on audience ownership and identity from this critical exchange.
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