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strong opinion, somewhat strongly held:

creatives don't want to create for "content traders"

the word "trader" is inherently transactional — someone primarily seeking profit, optimizing for price movement without emotional or philosophical attachment to the asset itself

idk a single creative who seeks that out

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counterpoint: framing is everything, or, all content is ephemeral anyway *shrugs*

trad-social creators are being farmed by advertisers while they themselves farm their fans for revenue from said advertisers. all the incentive is on the creator and advertiser, the fan's only incentive is enjoyment of the content.

web3-social levels the playing field a bit and enables the fan (buyer in this case) to take part in the upside of the creator's efforts while the creator still enjoys the lion's share of the revenue and attention.

maybe "trading" just needs better storytelling.