Writers, Web3, and Earning a Living
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?
A Digital Incubation Space
Exploring creative labor, value flow patterns, and return on attention in the Farconomy. Home of Slowcore Nerd Notes and The Farcaster Scenius Lexicon.
If quality writing is more a result of systemic factors than individual performance, how should we think about Farcaster CLPs (conversational liquidity providers)?
The story of @edit's onboarding to Farcaster via gift culture, permissionless writer-artist collaborations, and the workings of the Farcaster scenius.
A personal reckoning with the hidden opportunity costs of "free" labor done while trying to build a sustainable creative livelihood in the "Farconomy."
Clanker is an AI agent (bot) launched on Farcaster with a "personality" that lends itself to rich bot-lore. A goth elder explains why clanker is “one of us.”
A daily window into my observations, learnings, and the view of Moxie from where I sit as a writer + editor. This collection includes all 30 journal entries exactly as they appeared on Farcaster.
A daily window into my observations, learnings, and the view of Moxie from where I sit as a writer + editor. Week 3 of a 30-day experiment.
The Moxiesplaining Journal is a daily window into my observations, learnings, and the view of Moxie from where I sit as a writer + editor. Here you'll find the second week's entries (days 8-14).
A daily window into my observations, learnings, and the view of Moxie from where I sit as a writer + editor.
What if the Farcaster ecosystem holds the keys to de-enshittification? Has the time finally come for the real creative renaissance crypto has long promised?
Outline: What's important for long-term sustenance of writing as an art form? What's not so important?
What might it mean to design a Farcaster channel as a "slowcore room," noting that attention is both given and paid?
The /slowcore-hq channel now focuses entirely on the emerging slow-culture movement on Farcaster. Black Stone Sanctuary will continue its work on a separate channel.
