Farcaster

been thinking about channels ever since @ted posted this

how does farcaster reward people for going deeper on a subject? how does it incentivize @matthewb to share about drinking chocolates or @keccers.eth to go deep on her health stack?

basically…i want to replace my reddit searches with farcaster searches

Great thread on a subject that's near and dear to my heart as a reader + writer who favors deep dives and loves Farcaster. It's worth clicking through to read all the comments.

Regarding sustainable incentive structures and business models for deep-dive creative writing: this is a really tough problem that pre-dates blockchain tech. 

I'd love to be free to cast deep-dives here much more frequently, out of the sheer love of it. I don't need rewards as a *motivator*. 

BUT: that takes a lot of time and effort. Like most creators, I have to *buy* the time to do that work. 

How do we solve *that* problem? 

After years on Patreon and Substack, I'm confident that for the vast majority of creators, the answer is not "subscriptions" or "crowdfunding." At least not in their current incarnations. 

All that said, I think FC is the right place to experiment.

you could try crowdfunding per deep dive?

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Much as I respect the work being done on Bountycaster, I don't think bounties as we currently know them in web3 are the best option for funding deep-dive writing and editorial work. Not even in the short term.

For one thing, mispricing is a problem. Deep-dive writing is inherently hard to value, and structural factors (including public perception of writing as "free," and the dynamics of creative labor markets) exert downward pressure on prices. So the endgame is a race to the bottom ("web3 Fiverr"), just like other forms of gig work.

I agree that there's room to innovate. Plenty of room! Haha.

It's great that this "per-works" option is available. For some use cases, it would surely be an improvement on time-based subscriptions. 

But there are some structural factors I'd need to think through carefully. (I mentioned a couple of them briefly in this cast).

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if there are enough folks looking, a campaign per deep dive with a binary (y/n) result may work?

re: link - is the move then to publish deep dives for free, and monetize on an alternative axis?

It's great that this "per-works" option is available. For some use cases, it would surely be an improvement on time-based subscriptions. 

But there are some structural factors I'd need to think through carefully. (I mentioned a couple of them briefly in this cast).

https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/0xe41fc3d4