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Yancey Strickler
@yancey #1495
CoFounder of Metalabel, Kickstarter, The Creative Independent, Bentoism, Micd | Author “This Could Be Our Future”
805 Follower 73 Following
Individualism is not an endpoint
Added more releases to my Metalabel catalogue
Page starting to grow. Subscribe and autodistro of releases coming soon
New creative era forming
https://ideaspace.metalabel.com/
Page starting to grow. Subscribe and autodistro of releases coming soon
New creative era forming
https://ideaspace.metalabel.com/
The old ways of creating and releasing work are breaking down. The new ways are still emerging. In that gap lies immense possibility
https://www.ystrickler.com/my-year-of-releasing-differently/
https://www.ystrickler.com/my-year-of-releasing-differently/
Metalabel Fall/Winter 2024: RELEASE
The first release platform for creative work
Together with 28 extraordinary artists
Join us and release the world you want to see
https://www.metalabel.com/fw2024
The first release platform for creative work
Together with 28 extraordinary artists
Join us and release the world you want to see
https://www.metalabel.com/fw2024
Creation sometimes feels like standing in the middle of the ocean and trying to start a wave https://open.substack.com/pub/metalabel/p/creation-feels-like-standing-in-the?r=16knq&utm_medium=ios
The Post-Individual
How the internet has changed what it means to be an individual, and what that might mean for the future of us all
https://www.ystrickler.com/thepostindividual/
How the internet has changed what it means to be an individual, and what that might mean for the future of us all
https://www.ystrickler.com/thepostindividual/
After five days of experimenting with a new model for releasing work:
— 225 of 250 editions collected
— Collectors on track to pay $1,000+ (release is pay what you want)
This is the most money I've ever been paid for a piece of writing (other than books)
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/postindividual
— 225 of 250 editions collected
— Collectors on track to pay $1,000+ (release is pay what you want)
This is the most money I've ever been paid for a piece of writing (other than books)
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/postindividual
An experiment:
*The Post-Individual First Edition*
A limited-edition ZIP file containing a new essay, a video introduction, an audio recording, and early drafts and research
250 editions | Pay what you want
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/postindividual
*The Post-Individual First Edition*
A limited-edition ZIP file containing a new essay, a video introduction, an audio recording, and early drafts and research
250 editions | Pay what you want
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/postindividual
We've released a second printing of the Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet
Physical copy + digital copy bundle
$35 | 1,111 editions
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/dfa2
Physical copy + digital copy bundle
$35 | 1,111 editions
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/dfa2
Obsess over being real about it
We're already in creative groups, they're just not yet self-aware
https://ideaspace.ystrickler.com/p/were-already-in-creative-groups-theyre
https://ideaspace.ystrickler.com/p/were-already-in-creative-groups-theyre
Meditating on lessons from building Kickstarter, Metalabel, and many projects in between
How do you build a machine that stays on?
https://ystrickler.com/2024/02/26/the-machine-stays-on/
How do you build a machine that stays on?
https://ystrickler.com/2024/02/26/the-machine-stays-on/
The first drop on the new Metalabel saw all 777 editions collected in the first five days
Congrats to all who got a copy!
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/dfc
Congrats to all who got a copy!
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/dfc
The Dark Forest Anthology is not an NFT
But it is a digital record that has verifiable provenance, a unique edition number, and unique identifier that will be exportable to other contexts in time
But it is a digital record that has verifiable provenance, a unique edition number, and unique identifier that will be exportable to other contexts in time
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agoston nagy
@stc·19:26 22/02/2024
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet - a book by Metalabel on cozy web, the dark web, dark forest, the clear net, dark net, and a new social world emerging around us. With contributions by @vgr @yancey among others
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/dfc
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/dfc
Quality lore
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reka
@reka·10:11 19/02/2024
Loved this from Simon
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Simon de la Rouviere
@simondlr·07:46 18/02/2024
For this week's newsletter I tackled tax write-offs of films/media and thought about some solution. Enjoy!
https://sceneswithsimon.com/p/understanding-film-tax-write-offs
https://sceneswithsimon.com/p/understanding-film-tax-write-offs
"When the means justify the ends"
A new talk detailing Metalabel's origins, our exploration of blockchains, and the tech stack we will soon introduce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsO8DwV0eaQ&t=179s
A new talk detailing Metalabel's origins, our exploration of blockchains, and the tech stack we will soon introduce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsO8DwV0eaQ&t=179s
Looking forward to sharing Metalabel's origins, journey, and vibesmobile stack at today's Summer of Protocols session
Thx to @vgr for the invite!
https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/yancey-strickler-when-the-means-justify-the-ends-2-14/109
Thx to @vgr for the invite!
https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/yancey-strickler-when-the-means-justify-the-ends-2-14/109
Platform teaser chat with Seed Club
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Yancey Strickler
@yancey·20:53 04/02/2024
Talking Metalabel and building crypto without crypto with @jess, @joshcrnls and @seedclub https://www.youtube.com/live/g30iG4Xveos?si=k5FmJWqtl9VkYJiX
First post in the new Metalabel channel
We're counting down the days until the new platform is revealed
Coming, very very soon :)
We're counting down the days until the new platform is revealed
Coming, very very soon :)
Talking Metalabel and building crypto without crypto with @jess, @joshcrnls and @seedclub https://www.youtube.com/live/g30iG4Xveos?si=k5FmJWqtl9VkYJiX
The Prestige Recesssion
On the demise of Pitchfork and cultural criticism
https://ystrickler.com/2024/01/19/prestige-recession/
On the demise of Pitchfork and cultural criticism
https://ystrickler.com/2024/01/19/prestige-recession/
For the past two years I've been working with an amazing crew on a somewhat mysterious project called Metalabel
In 2024 our vision will become clear when we introduce a new space for releasing, selling, and exhibiting creative work
A model for a new creative era
Join the waitlist:
https://www.metalabel.com/
In 2024 our vision will become clear when we introduce a new space for releasing, selling, and exhibiting creative work
A model for a new creative era
Join the waitlist:
https://www.metalabel.com/
Nothing slower than a lack of conviction
The phrase I keep hearing in conversations with people in creative industries:
“The old shit doesn’t work anymore”
https://open.substack.com/pub/ideaspace/p/the-old-shit-doesnt-work-anymore?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
“The old shit doesn’t work anymore”
https://open.substack.com/pub/ideaspace/p/the-old-shit-doesnt-work-anymore?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Quality Drop 03 is hot off the presses
Nathan Schneider, MEDLab, and seven citizen journalist communities coming together to produce:
“Sacred Stacks,” an 80-page illustrated zine exploring decentralized communities
Limited to 300 onchain records + physical zines
https://medlab.metalabel.app/sacredstacks
Nathan Schneider, MEDLab, and seven citizen journalist communities coming together to produce:
“Sacred Stacks,” an 80-page illustrated zine exploring decentralized communities
Limited to 300 onchain records + physical zines
https://medlab.metalabel.app/sacredstacks
Quality Drop 02: Songcamp and Catalog unite to put on two IRL shows in NYC
Signature Editions offered first dibs on tickets to both shows — all sold out in *six minutes*
Open Editions for those not in NYC still available
🤌Quality Drops are quality🤌
https://songcamp.metalabel.app/b2b
Signature Editions offered first dibs on tickets to both shows — all sold out in *six minutes*
Open Editions for those not in NYC still available
🤌Quality Drops are quality🤌
https://songcamp.metalabel.app/b2b
Final day of the “Quadratic Funding Collection”
After one week:
2,300 open editions collected
12 signature editions sold out (~4ETH each)
150+ ETH in sales
$225,000+ in public goods funding
2.5 more hours to go
Doing a Tw*tt*r space at 11:30am ET to celebrate
https://gitcoin.metalabel.app/quadraticfunding
After one week:
2,300 open editions collected
12 signature editions sold out (~4ETH each)
150+ ETH in sales
$225,000+ in public goods funding
2.5 more hours to go
Doing a Tw*tt*r space at 11:30am ET to celebrate
https://gitcoin.metalabel.app/quadraticfunding
We made a bootleg shirt to celebrate Gitcoin’s record release
Record collectors can claim for free
Very limited quantities
Vitalika.xyz
Record collectors can claim for free
Very limited quantities
Vitalika.xyz
New drop from Metalabel + Gitcoin:
“The Quadratic Funding Collection,” an onchain record by @vitalik.eth, Glen Weyl, Zoe Hitzig, Scott Moore and Kevin Owocki that reissues the 2018 whitepaper that introduced quadratic funding and raises money for public goods
https://gitcoin.metalabel.app/quadraticfunding
“The Quadratic Funding Collection,” an onchain record by @vitalik.eth, Glen Weyl, Zoe Hitzig, Scott Moore and Kevin Owocki that reissues the 2018 whitepaper that introduced quadratic funding and raises money for public goods
https://gitcoin.metalabel.app/quadraticfunding
“What I don’t understand is why you didn’t tell me about this until now.”
👆My seven-year-old after I explained to him the Law of thermodynamics
👆My seven-year-old after I explained to him the Law of thermodynamics
Metalabel is an operating system for groups of creators to release work, collaborate, and support each other
The next era of Metalabel begins March 1 2023
Get notified when it drops:
Metalabel.substack.com
The next era of Metalabel begins March 1 2023
Get notified when it drops:
Metalabel.substack.com
GM Farcasters
Wrote a long piece about how worldbuilding is creative resilience
https://ideaspace.substack.com/p/worldbuilding-is-creative-resilience
Wrote a long piece about how worldbuilding is creative resilience
https://ideaspace.substack.com/p/worldbuilding-is-creative-resilience
What is platform risk?
From "After the Creator Economy" https://collect.metalabel.xyz https://i.imgur.com/lTarSZE.jpg
From "After the Creator Economy" https://collect.metalabel.xyz https://i.imgur.com/lTarSZE.jpg
My friend Rob likes to say that what you make is your autobiography
Then here's mine
https://www.ystrickler.com/projects
Then here's mine
https://www.ystrickler.com/projects
✨Reinventing the record ✨
A new path for releasing, selling, and preserving creative work online
https://ideaspace.substack.com/p/reinventing-the-record
A new path for releasing, selling, and preserving creative work online
https://ideaspace.substack.com/p/reinventing-the-record
My fav page in the new Metalabel drop is the page showing the opening and contents of a collector's record
Here's mine:
https://collect.metalabel.xyz/record/53
Here's mine:
https://collect.metalabel.xyz/record/53
Today Metalabel dropped:
— An in-depth, constructive exploration of what's "After the Creator Economy"
— A beautiful physical and digital zine
— A new onchain format
+ lots more
https://collect.metalabel.xyz
— An in-depth, constructive exploration of what's "After the Creator Economy"
— A beautiful physical and digital zine
— A new onchain format
+ lots more
https://collect.metalabel.xyz
The ETH merge marked:
The end of the Crypto Era: a period driven by speculation on crypto's potential future value
The beginning of the Onchain Era: a period when better consumer experiences emerge as culture and info go onchain
Honored to publish w/ onchain 👑Zora https://zine.zora.co/onchain-era-yancey-strickler
The end of the Crypto Era: a period driven by speculation on crypto's potential future value
The beginning of the Onchain Era: a period when better consumer experiences emerge as culture and info go onchain
Honored to publish w/ onchain 👑Zora https://zine.zora.co/onchain-era-yancey-strickler
Metalabel will be making a big release this week
Think the FC community especially will appreciate
Subscribe to get the drop
Supplies will be limited
https://metalabel.substack.com
Think the FC community especially will appreciate
Subscribe to get the drop
Supplies will be limited
https://metalabel.substack.com
A magazine about "a more gentle internet" *printed* the Bentoism website in its pages <3 <3 <3
https://bentoism.org https://i.imgur.com/RuIhjRZ.jpg
https://bentoism.org https://i.imgur.com/RuIhjRZ.jpg
