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Word-Slinger-in-Chief /slowcore-hq | Senior Editor | GenX eldergoth | dark ambient music nerd | contemplative animist /blxstonesnctuary 🏳‍🌈

From Tom's essay:

"...think about all the users across the 90-0-1 ratio; to figure out how to share a platform's overall value with all its contributors, big and small. In the creator economy, this means rewarding readers and curators alongside creators."

"Our digital systems generate noise and there's little the algorithms can do about it. We need curators—good curators—who can help us navigate these noisy waters and promote positive signals."

"Only then can we possibly build a creator economy that isn't just predatory. That doesn't just promote the top one percent of creators. For vibrant creative scenes to function, the value must flow to all four roles. Good work must be created, and it must be identified, amplified, and stored for the future. Only then can you create an environment favorable to readers, which increases the value of the entire scene."

"Strong curation is the missing piece. It produces better readers—and better writers. It unlocks the value provided by both creators and lurkers. It creates digital platforms worth spending time on."

https://paragraph.com/@driftless/curator-economy

what i love about this essay is it so clearly articulates why i struggle to "be active" on social networks. 

i'm really not a content creator, but i am a content curator. and the tooling for that is not always developed

my MO is idea gardening. I swear, my little squirrel brain can find any reference i've ever tucked away, across pinterest. are.na. ig. twitter. tumblr. i could document and archive "cool things" and never get tired of it. 

the idea of "ok, now do it in a way that builds a cannon" is really interesting and a very gentle push. 💚 i very much look forward to finding spaces like /slowcore-hq to try and push myself

designer and creative director at /timesnewworld 

amateur boxer and professional lurker

My Obsidian setup is still quite nascent and won't be ready for any sort of sharing for at least a couple of months (I'm aiming for phase three of our studio launch), but I'm happy to compare notes here in the meantime.

would love to do an obsidian tour with you one day 💚 i share my setup and you share yours?

Love Tom's essay for all kinds of reasons. Glad it speaks to your circumstances.

I look forward to seeing your idea gardens one day, if you decide to share them!

I'm using Obsidian for curation and am slowly working on slowcore-friendly digital gardens/browsing spaces and a "memex" (memory index), as we've discussed elsewhere.