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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 15 May 2014

    TIME magazine/.com invites me to write one article a week for them. "This is a platform, not a freelance assignment, so it is unpaid." HAHA

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      2. (((DanielTerdiman)))‏Verified account @GreeterDan 15 May 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame Hey, you gotta start somewhere in this writing biz. ;-) (Says the former Time stringer)

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 15 May 2014
        Replying to @GreeterDan

        @GreeterDan BUT THEY PAID YOU RIGHT?!?! :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. (((DanielTerdiman)))‏Verified account @GreeterDan 15 May 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame Yeah, I suppose they did. Hard to remember, it was so long ago.

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      5. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 15 May 2014
        Replying to @GreeterDan

        @GreeterDan I get doing a one-off, but asking someone for 800 words/week for FREE is ridiculous.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      6. (((DanielTerdiman)))‏Verified account @GreeterDan 15 May 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame Agreed. Especially for someone with your track record, book, etc.

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      2. Andrew Ferguson‏ @warandpeace 15 May 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame Reminds me of your profile piece for the Chronicle a while back; They wanted my photo of you from FindtheFuture for free. :/

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 15 May 2014
        Replying to @warandpeace

        @warandpeace oh! interesting.

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      4. Andrew Ferguson‏ @warandpeace 15 May 2014
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        @avantgame Yeah I felt bad but I couldn't believe they wouldn't even consider discussing compensation. Photo for refhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/cabbit/6244649084/ …

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      5. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 15 May 2014
        Replying to @warandpeace

        @warandpeace boy do I look like I was up all night! lol :)

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      2. Mat Morrison‏ @mediaczar 15 May 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame I ask because views on yr 2 most-viewed TED talks roughly equivalent to weekly circ. of Time's paid PRINT circ. /cc @siracusa

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 15 May 2014
        Replying to @mediaczar

        @mediaczar @siracusa i wouldn't give a new TED talk for free every week that's for damn sure.

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      2. Carl Malamud‏Verified account @carlmalamud 15 May 2014
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        @avantgame @doctorow I had heard that time is money, but that clearly is no longer true!

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 15 May 2014
        Replying to @carlmalamud

        @carlmalamud @doctorow bah dum dum!

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      4. Glenn Fleishman‏Verified account @GlennF 15 May 2014
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        @avantgame @carlmalamud @doctorow I would like a bully pulpit, from which I could pulp bullies.

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      2. Timothy J. Reynolds‏ @turnislefthome 16 May 2014
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        @avantgame I think we'd love to see your response.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 16 May 2014
        Replying to @turnislefthome

        @turnislefthome I was polite:""This is a platform, not a freelance assignment, so it is unpaid" does not interest me as a proposition."

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. Timothy J. Reynolds‏ @turnislefthome 16 May 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame Good for you. Nicer than I probably would've been.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Matthew Keys‏Verified account @MatthewKeysLive 16 May 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame if you shoplift a copy of TIME Magazine and then share your copy with your friends, is it the same kind of free promotion?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 16 May 2014
        Replying to @MatthewKeysLive

        @MatthewKeysLive ha!

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      4. Matthew Keys‏Verified account @MatthewKeysLive 16 May 2014
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame By that logic, they should be happy, you’re giving their platform exposure! :D

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