Danica Swanson

@danicaswanson

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I wrote about why I think system conditions matter more than individual performance in producing quality writing, and why CLPs (conversational liquidity providers) on FC are underserved. Inspired by "Quality is Systemic," a great blog post by Jacob Kaplan-Moss, and by the members of the Return On Attention group chat. https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/quality-writing-is-systemic

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Not my scene, but have fun. I'm gonna double down on the wordsmith arts and the /slowcore-hq vibes.

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For whatever it's worth, as long as I'm still here I will be prioritizing the word nerds and avid readers. So no matter what happens elsewhere on Farcaster, you can at least count on my profile to be a safer space for the textually inclined... lol.

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Video isn't my favorite thing and I'll never make videos myself, but the push for video on the purple app makes sense for the sake of user growth. But I do hope we'll always have plenty of cozy corners for the word nerds who'd rather have a feed full of long-form text than video.

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How rude. Sorry you had to deal with that. Never seen that account before, but it's on my mute list now.

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“You shall know a word by the company it keeps” — John Rupert Firth

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Sources: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Costume:_Fanciful,_Historical,_and_Theatrical/Chapter_20 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/File:Isolde_-_illustration_by_Percy_Anderson_for_Costume_Fanciful,_Historical_and_Theatrical,_1906.jpg https://archive.org/details/costumefancifulh0000aria

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Public domain art of the day: "Isolde" - book illustration by Percy Anderson From Chapter 20 (p. 240) of "Costume: Fanciful, Historical, and Theatrical" by Eliza Davis Aria

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Glad to hear you've saved all of them in your files, so they'll be easily accessible if you ever want to publish a collection of them. (I'm currently sorting through my own archives and wishing I'd had better affordances for long-term preservation of my work over the past 20 years, so this topic is on my mind a lot lately).

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Great read and very eye-opening to learn about the trade-offs and your thought process. I'm bookmarking this for future reference and I'd love to read the more recent history too, especially as it pertains to the team's decision-making about channels.

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Amazing. I'm quite tempted to sign up for the Catalyst early access membership now so I can try bases.

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I remember seeing and enjoying those haikus you wrote! Are the haikus only readable through your cast history in the purple app, or did you also publish them elsewhere? Makes sense that you'd start thinking in haiku rhythm and that your skill improvements would carry over to the rest of your life in other ways. That's one of the great joys of writing.

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Hi @ted ... after our last convo in DCs I sent you a couple of follow-ups and I imagine they just got buried in the shuffle, so I'm tagging you in this thread. I'm excited to get the gift economics channel started (I've already got moderators lined up!) but I can't actually make any changes until you transfer ownership to me. You made me a member, but I'm still not the channel owner. Could you make that change when you get a chance? TYSM!

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Love this one. Great colors.

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Sources: https://www.artrenewal.org/artworks/rosamond/eleanor-fortescue-brickdale/41712 https://fineartamerica.com/featured/eleanor-fortescue-brickdale-1871-1945-rosamond-celestial-images.html

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Public domain art of the day: "Rosamond" - oil painting by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1871-1945)

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"A-Corps are trying to create a simple, accessible way for creative people to get more economic security, access to better healthcare, and the ability to build wealth from their work." Great AMA in the /books channel today. Love this explanation of Artist Corporations.

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Welcome @yancey! Yancey is the cofounder of Kickstarter and, more recently, Metalabel, a new space to release creative work. He has kindly agreed to do an AMA for /books Reply with your questions below :)

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I thought that might be the case, but I had to ask. :) Really appreciate your work and I'll be following new developments closely.

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Loved your TED talk on Artist Corporations, @yancey! I also found this recent podcast explainer super helpful. You've mentioned that for A-Corps to get started, laws will need to be passed at the state level, and the first law "could be passed next year in a specific state in 2026." Can you spill the beans about which state that might be? I'm so curious! https://metalabel.substack.com/p/artist-corporations-new-podcast-and

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