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20 Sep 2023 1 minute read 13 comments Allen Taylor
One of the unique aspects of Hive is its Decentralized Hive Fund (DHF). This is a community fund that anyone can submit a proposal to, have it vote on by the community, and receive funding for Hive development projects, or projects that benefit the H...
14 Sep 2023 7 minute read 11 comments Allen Taylor
Ordinarily, I would send out this kind of post to my Web3 subscribers, but I took a poll of my readers on various platforms and asked which of two different book ideas would most intrigue them. While it was a close race, the idea with the most votes...
13 Sep 2023 6 minute read 4 comments Allen Taylor
After taking a month off to reflect on the future direction of my writing business, I've had time to think about current Create2Earn models for writers. There are three primary models crypto-based social media platforms use that give writers greater...
6 Sep 2023 3 minute read 13 comments Allen Taylor
Last night, @unklebonehead and I dropped the latest episode of the Defluenced podcast titled "The Curator". We discuss what it's like being an @ecency curator. I got to find out by being a guest curator in August. Be sure to check it out and leave us...
1 Sep 2023 5 minute read 20 comments Allen Taylor
In late July, I announced that I would be taking a break a August. I did, and now I'm back. The break was a time of reflection for me and a time for me to reassess my content goals in light of my business goals. I'll discuss that more next week. For...
4 Aug 2023 6 minute read 17 comments Allen Taylor
I know some of you look forward to these monthly social media earnings reports, and I look forward to writing them. As promised, here's my report for July 2023. The month turned out to be my third best month this year. In May, I earned more than $91...
31 Jul 2023 4 minute read 9 comments Allen Taylor
Today, I'm breaking with my normal routine to post on a Monday to make an announcement. Regular readers know I've been writing about Web3 topics for two years and separately about Christian topics for about as long. On Wednesdays, I curate the top ne...
28 Jul 2023 6 minute read 3 comments Allen Taylor
Collect this post on Paragraph and receive 300 Taylor Tokens ($TAYL). Last Sunday, July 23, Elon Musk shocked the world by rebranding Twitter to X. Why that was so shocking is anybody's guess because Musk has been talking about X for a long time. Mus...
26 Jul 2023 2 minute read 7 comments Allen Taylor
Web3 funding has been robbed! Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) walking in and stealing the opportunities, Web3 funding has gone south. In fact, since Q1 2022, the number of funded Web3 startup deals has fallen from 797 to 322 in Q2 2023. To be...
21 Jul 2023 5 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor
If you hang around Facebook and Instagram for long, you'll notice something that is quite popular but is a colossal waste of time. I call them meme games. A meme game is a type of social game where an individual posts a meme or creates a post on a so...
