Writers

"Publishing" is a word that no longer makes sense. When anyone can create and share anything, anywhere, at any time, and to anyone, what does it mean to publish?

The role of publishing must take on a new one: curation. Curation is the missing piece of the creator economy. Digital platforms have outsourced curation to algorithms, to everyone's detriment. 

We need good curators, and we need platforms that reward curatorial work. Only then can we build a creator economy that isn't just predatory. That doesn't just promote the top one percent of creators. 

Curation is what makes digital platforms worth spending time on.

Writer ✍️ | Creepy stories: unnerv.ing 👁️ | Essays: paragraph.xyz/@driftless ⚡️ 

😍 Tom! I love your writing so, so much. It's OMG-drop-everything-else-to-read-the-new-Tom-Beck-piece levels of brilliant. Web3 is lucky to have you.

I'll definitely share, collect, and respond to this as usual, but in keeping with the slowcore ethos I'm going to take some time to ponder and re-read before returning with more substantive comments. 

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Writer, senior editor, music journalist, polytheist, GenX eldergoth, + Moxiesplainer. /blxstonesnctuary https://tinyurl.com/Black-Stone-Wordsmith

Speaking of which: I collected some quotes from your piece into a Paragraph draft, and started writing short responses. 

It quickly snowballed. 

I'm struck by the congruence between the vision you described in your piece and what I've been reading about the Moxie Protocol.

We'll see where this takes me.

Thank you, Danica! 💜 I always appreciate your insights as well, and your generosity.