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1 Nov 2023 8 minute read 7 comments Allen Taylor
I'm proud to announce that, in October 2023, my Web3 social media earnings hit a peak for the year, bouncing over $100 for the first time since September 2022. In that month, I earned $120.69 and mostly due to raking in $82.77 in XRP from gFam. In No...
25 Oct 2023 9 minute read 18 comments Allen Taylor
For the last couple of weeks, I've been discussing the Hive5 proposal published by @agorise, currently in its third iteration (v. 1 3.1). Last week, I discussed upvotes and downvotes, covering Section 2A of the proposal. The previous week, I covered...
18 Oct 2023 4 minute read 10 comments Allen Taylor
Last week, I talked about downvotes on Hive. Is there a downvote problem? If there is, can it be solved? There was quite a discussion on Hive about the perceived issue. Some people are really passionate about their views on this subject. If you didn'...
11 Oct 2023 3 minute read 7 comments Allen Taylor
There have two posts on the Hive blockchain in the last week that define an ongoing debate about how to improve Hive and make it a better Web3 ecosystem. I'm a bit at odds with both ideas. Let's take a look at them. The first of these, posted yesterd...
4 Oct 2023 4 minute read 14 comments Allen Taylor
Welcome to another Web3 social media earnings report. September was not a stellar month for me, but it was better than last month. In August, I took a posting break from all social media except for Hive. One other thing I did was cancel all my Hive c...
27 Sep 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Allen Taylor
Every year, I watch Hivians get excited about HiveFest, prepare their travel plans, and gallivant around the world to some exotic location to meet in person the creators and curators who make up Web3's oldest social media blockchain. This year, HiveF...
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...
