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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If you're interested, indicate interest in reply to this thread, and whether you want to build the infrastructure or add to the story. twitter.com/ling_xiao_ling
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Been noodling along similar lines for years with my personal roam-alternative, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I've always loved Wiki as a fictional medium, ala SCP and have wanted to build out a platform for that specifically
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scp-wiki.wikidot.com This collaborative fiction project that eventually spawned the book "There Is No Antimemetics Division"
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