Nice to e-meet you and welcome to the Farcaster protocol

I saw your post about this quoted here on FC 

Your message resonates strongly 

It's a challenge to find ways to be extractive (extract value to compensate for the time, energy and other resources devoted to our presence here) without being exploitative

Appreciate the thoughtful reply—but I actually think “extractive” is the wrong word here.

Creators aren’t extracting value from a platform—we’re producing it.
The issue is how to capture a fair share of that value without being exploited-not how to extract from others.

Big difference.

I appreciate the thoughtful pushback. 

I totally agree that creators produce value, and that distinction matters.

That said, I'm using "extractive" deliberately here, even though I know it usually carries a negative connotation. 

For me, it’s about extracting my fair share of the value I’m helping to generate, specifically from the platforms that monetize my presence: not from other users.

I spent a long time not capturing any value at all because I associated "extractive" with exploitation. 

Reframing it as extracting the value of my contributions without exploiting people has been part of how I’ve found an approach I’m personally comfortable with.

It’s a tricky line to walk, and I’m still figuring it out. 

But I think we’re both circling the same core problem: creators generate the value, but the systems to capture it fairly often feel broken or misaligned.