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The question that all the writers are asking is: in such a world, how do I make a living wage and put food on the table?
by cbhl 11y ago
The question that all the writers are asking is: in such a world, how do I make a living wage and put food on the table?
- tokenizerrr 11y agoBy writing things that are worth paying for?
- nine_k 11y agoDid you pay for any content recently? What kind of content was it?
- mbrock 11y agoI paid for download links to Louis C.K's latest thing, Horace and Pete. And too many Kindle books... I haven't ever paid for any blog-type content, but I probably would if someone marketed it right. With advertising, I don't see why everyone's assuming it would be impossible on a plain text medium. I listen to podcasts that have sponsors. They just talk about their sponsors in the middle of the show. They try to make it sincere ("I use this product myself" etc). It seems to me like this is a very high quality type of advertising, compared to blockable little ad server banners.
- tokenizerrr 11y agoI pay for ebooks and audiobooks mostly. I've never been interested in any of that blog-type content and don't really consume any of it for free, other than what's posted to HN. It may as well stop existing for all I care to be honest. And even without ads there'll always be all kinds of blogs because sharing is caring.
- mintplant 11y agoI don't think a streamlined content delivery model would necessarily preclude ad serving.
- hoodoof 11y agoThe correct phrase is "how do I put food on my family?". You'd think "a writer" would know better.
- digi_owl 11y agoCapitalism's default answer is retraining...