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I'm not sure how big of an issue writer pay is because there seems to be an infinite supply of people who will write for free trying to make a name for themselv

• bryanrasmussen 4y ago
  the problem of writer pay is if you don't pay writers the supply of writers who can afford to put in the time to produce quality writing without pay dwindles down to those who have some other source of free money. But not everyone who has access to the free money can produce quality writing, the supply goes even further down.
  • dehrmann 4y ago
    But there's a continuous supply of writers with wealthy parents and degrees from mediocre boutique liberal arts schools who are "following their dreams."
    • bryanrasmussen 4y ago
      I didn't say there wasn't, but your comment seems rather disparaging of those writers, almost as if you think a good deal of them might not be worth reading? If so we are back to my argument that there is in fact not an infinite supply of writers worth reading who have the time to produce quality writing without compensation. on edit: fixed you have the time to who have the time, writing on 2-3 hours of sleep does strange things at times.
      • dehrmann 4y ago
        > almost as if you think a good deal of them might not be worth reading It's not that, but I was going for a cold, hard truth tone. Some of them absolutely are worth reading, it's just that supply outstrips demand. It's the same with musicians. There's an endless supply of good enough musicians in their 20's that are marketable. Or aspiring actors in waiting tables in LA.