> How can good content be monetized in a way that allows it to remain independent and not succumb to warping its content to feed that monetization? How can it b

> How can good content be monetized in a way that allows it to remain independent and not succumb to warping its content to feed that monetization? How can it be audience driven instead? Is such a thing even possible? Right now good monetization strategies beget bad content. There's got to be a better way than cobbling together five platforms under a Patreon account, giving all of them 10-50% along the way. HN skews critical but NFT and web3 poses a possible path to improvement for certain types of content creation. An artist or content creator can deploy their own smart contract, have full control over what media it points to, and be paid directly through it. Marketplaces like Foundation[1] act as wrappers on top of this content, and it is in their best interest to keep the fees low and website free of ad-spam and algorithmic nonsense to retain top talent on their platform that drives revenue. [1] https://foundation.app/collection/shapesncolors?sortOrder=DEFAULT https://foundation.app/collection/shapesncolors?sortOrder=DE...