Cynical take: it's in the interest of publishers (not the author of this post, but internet sites in general) to get as many people out there as possible as "writers", because that allows them to pay them $.02 to $.05 per word. Race to the bottom. Same thing happened to photography with the rise of the iPhone and cheap prosumer digital cameras. Nobody wants to pay photographers (or other visual artists), they just offer "exposure" or go on UnSplash and find a free image.
And one needs to decide what makes sense for them in terms of writing. For me personally, it's either doing something for free because I want to or I'm getting paid at least $1/word or so.
Optimistic Take: Crypto and NFT markets are opening the doors for photos, writing and creativity of all stripes to get valued far more than ever before.
As far as I can tell NFT relies on social proofing in forums. I'd ask the rhetorical "how does that scale", but we all know the answer already. It doesn't. This will be ruined by spam in 5... 4...
