Danica Swanson on Warpcast

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New short essay (3 min read) on value and creative labor. TL;DR: - The vast majority of pro writers don’t earn a sustainable living from their creative work. - This is a huge collective loss. - Can web3 do better? https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/writers-web3-and-earning-a-living/?referrer=danicaswanson.eth

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According to Farcaster User Stats, this is now my #1 most liked cast ever. There have also been 50+ new subscribers to my newsletter since I sent this cast. Thanks for the cool frame, @paragraph! https://www.farcasteruserstats.com/users/8451

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Very much appreciate all the tips, likes, recasts, and thoughtful comments on this piece! Trying to respond to all comments but Warpcast service has been interrupted several times for me. Will return later.

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Loosely related to that, the beginning of The Angel's Game comes to mind. "A writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or word of praise in exchange for a story. [...] A writer is condemned to remember that moment, because from then on he is doomed and his soul has a price."

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I wonder this quite a bit as I write the 4th and 5th SEO article about the same topic for yet another client. Plus, the funny thing then is you end up competing with yourself. Can't help but see it as a waste of time. Would love to see some kind of writer collective.

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Feel like @cameron would have input on this. Basically how web3 can enable content to stand on its own as monetization instead of having to play the chase followers and ask for subs sales game. More writing less shilling To me collect on paragraph and things like that are an awesome way. Tipping natively like warps

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I'm blessed because selling my writing craft in Web3 earns me more than most people will ever dream of in my country, but I know I'm lucky to have found the clients I have today. I have at least a couple of friends that had to give up the Web3 writing career because of a pay too low (yet to be taxed too).

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A drop in the bucket. 777 $Degen. Creative writing has been neglected since the adoption of video, exacerbated by the TikTokification. Specific cultural communities like Orion Magazine helped some flourish > https://orionmagazine.org/

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Excellent points. Fwiw Solana ecosystem has a writing “bounty” going on right now. Not a long term fix, but directing resources toward the written word is a good step. Not much $ though. RPGF also created a pipelined. https://x.com/0xmert_/status/1753162543080640547?s=46&t=TVy9rDl3UkuxmVj4e18bOA

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