Nathan BarryFounder and CEO, Kit · Founder and CEO at Kit

656 People Said Yes to Dinner With Strangers

21 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief dialogue from the YouTube video "656 People Said Yes to Dinner With Strangers," Speaker A contrasts a passive "crowd"—large numbers of followers who interact minimally—with a true "audience" that actively engages with a creator through events, email replies, and personal connections. Speaker A asks for concrete examples of when a creator feels this deeper relationship. Speaker B responds by describing moments when, upon meeting readers in person, both parties feel an immediate sense of familiarity, highlighting the rewarding nature of genuine connections with readers.

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Building an audience versus a crowd. I think a lot of times online we have these people we follow, but you don't really care about them. Or a content creator has a ton of people, a ton of views, but there's not really a relationship there. Like, I think of that as a crowd. They may be passively interacting, whereas what you have is like a real audience where people engage, they show up to events, they reply to all of the emails. What have been some of your examples of seeming like an audience and not just a crowd?
I have so many people that I feel, you know, when we meet in person, they're like, wait, yeah, I feel like I know you. I'm like, Me too. I think it's so cool to have that connection with my readers.