"Publishing" is a word that no longer makes sense. When anyone can create and share anything, anywhere, at any time, and to anyone, what does it mean to publish?
The role of publishing must take on a new one: curation. Curation is the missing piece of the creator economy. Digital platforms have outsourced curation to algorithms, to everyone's detriment.
We need good curators, and we need platforms that reward curatorial work. Only then can we build a creator economy that isn't just predatory. That doesn't just promote the top one percent of creators.
Curation is what makes digital platforms worth spending time on.
"...share a platform's overall value with all its contributors, big and small. [...] For vibrant creative scenes to function, the value must flow to everyone." Yes! I've dreamed of creative scenes with this sort of value flow all my life, yet extractive systems have made it ever-elusive. For the first time, I'm seeing reason for real hope, and you articulated this vision so beautifully. Thank you. May a thousand creative scenes bloom. 214129 $ENJOY
tombeck
The role of publishing must take on a new one: curation. Curation is the missing piece of the creator economy. Digital platforms have outsourced curation to algorithms, to everyone's detriment.
We need good curators, and we need platforms that reward curatorial work. Only then can we build a creator economy that isn't just predatory. That doesn't just promote the top one percent of creators.
Curation is what makes digital platforms worth spending time on.
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