Automated tips vs manual tips vs content coins vs content collectibles

It’s super strange that just as content quality began to be diluted by the rise of AI generated noise and endless copy-pasta, we’re simultaneously witnessing rapid innovation in how content is valued and rewarded. The bar has fallen, yet the incentives are rising.

ᴡɪʀᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ, ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱᴇɴꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ . ɪ ᴀꜱᴋ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ᴄᴀʀᴇ. ɪ ᴄᴀꜱᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ.

I get the optimism, I’m all about it too but I think we’re underestimating just how much sludge people are willing to wade through or worse, how much sludge the algorithms will happily serve if it optimizes for engagement.

the market is a new algorithm to help us wade through an rapidly expanding ocean of things to pay attention to.

the net result of this + AI generated means an overall increase in the average quality of content consumed.

Absolutely it's like the signal got noisier but the system for rewarding true signal got sharper.

We're in a paradox: the floor dropped but the ceiling got higher.

Now more than ever, originality and distribution edge matter