Reid DeRamus
@reidtandy
How can we help writers earn meaningful, reliable income? Open edition NFTs haven’t quite gotten us there, so we have to find a better solution. We wrote a couple posts on why we think coins may be a better model (part 1 below) — we'd love to hear what you think. https://paragraph.com/@reidtandy/rethinking-how-writers-get-paid
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
My initial thought is that a publication token feels more aligned with writers than issuing a token for each individual post. As a writer, I’d want to use the token to gate certain posts, while also rewarding my community and collaborators. Early supporters who hold the token could benefit if interest in the publication grows. Sure it might sting if some choose to sell for profit, but if the token is required for access, they may be more inclined to hold. I also see potential for interesting experiments where a publication is run as a collective - writers are the token holders, and holding a token is required to gain access to publish posts.
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rob hardy
@robhardy.eth
oooooh shit, this idea of a publication token that gates access to posts/community feels SO ALIVE to me compared to other monetization methods. as a writer it incentivizes cultivating a living, growing body of writing, and for readers it incentivizes deeper conversation and sharing around it. something about the energy/vibes of this model feels so different from a substack subscription or selling access to body of work for a one time fee. it's a shift from writing as transactional commodity to writing as campfire that people can gather round
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Reid DeRamus
@reidtandy
Love to hear it & agree... Paid subscriptions are great & have opened up a large economy for creative work (Patreon, Substack, etc.), but obviously have drawbacks as well. Coins feel like they could provide some unique advantages to better connect readers & writers, and broadly expand the economy for creative work.
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