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Actually, now that I think of it, I already have 46k worth of a rough-finished and published/tested fiction (the fiction part of Art of Gig) ready and perfect for this kind of medium. I even conceived it as a TV-show style thing set in an extended universe with worldbuilding.
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I think what I might do is put that draft in a Roam graph and open it up to anyone who seriously wants to either a) experiment with a publishing model for it b) continue expanding the universe with more stories.
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Basically, I want to write the way I already know how, in a web interface (Roam-like) with at most adoption of markdown syntax, and have it automatically pipe into an evolving world behind a paywall.
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Kinda like publishing a Disneyland basically, with new rides weekly, plus updates to old rides, and more scenery, and maybe even stores for buying merch. Token-gated distributed architecture would actually be pretty cool for it, but I suspect it needs to be be Web2.5 first.
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Ie, with token-gating intent, with distributed peering. For eg. if I do publish my yakverse fiction this way and you wanted to add your own corner to that extended universe, you could spin up a "node" with a protocol handshake with mine and write your stories there
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If a reader had one of my NFTs to read my corner of the disneyland, they might get a discounted in-universe portal nft to go to yours. You can also have a full-priced entrance to your node.
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The extended universe grows by accretion, like mastodon fediverse, as a social network of trusted storytelling nodes. If you don't like how I'm developing my threads of the narrative, you can fork an alt-universe, within whatever rights I allow (eg CC0 or CC-BY-SA-3)
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But to start with, a centrally curated/controlled site that produces a paywalled subscription changelog newsletter that's actually fun to use as an ongoing guided tour reading experience. Like Donald Duck writing a "what's new in Disneyland this week" email to season pass holders
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Web3 would allow for one incomplete realization of this idea, primarily missing the serialization and distribution mechanism -- known weaknesses of the Web3 stack. Web3 is also missing discovery, but that's not important in this case
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Tbh I think this is precisely Lore on web3, albeit the broader version of it that’s not 100% in line with your definition
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I think I'm going to do this for real. I am producing ebooks for the 2 volumes worth of nonfiction issues of the AoG newsletter, but that didn't seem right for the fiction, which is another volume's worth. This seems perfect for it.
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Hmm... the Ribbonfarm Future CMS contest: register for "developer access" to 47k words of extended universe content and a chance to win $1000 in 2 categories: "Disneyland" toolchain that meets minimum viable specs and adding 3000 words of new material to the universe
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I think I can afford to drop up to 2k on this 500/300/200 1st, 2nd, 3rd prizes for both CMS-tech and writing contributions to the EU.
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