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.