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The concept of remixes isn't new to the music industry. Take Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road", a catchy track that became a cultural phenomenon when Billy Ray Cyrus jumped on the remix. The song didn't just get better, it exploded. We're talking billions of streams, chart domination, the whole nine yards. The beauty of music remixes lies in their collaborative nature: both the original artist and the remixing artist benefit from increased exposure and revenue.
Now, imagine applying this same collaborative model to writing. That's exactly what Paragraph is doing with its innovative "remix" feature, and it could revolutionize how writers collaborate, gain visibility, and monetize their work.
Look, I'm going to be honest with you. As a small creative writer, making money from my work feels impossible most days. I don't have thousands of followers who'd pay for a subscription. And don't even get me started on the plagiarism problem. I've watched people straight-up steal content and republish it without credit. It's frustrating, and honestly, it makes you want to quit sometimes. Paragraph's remix feature addresses both of these fundamental issues through a solution that mirrors the collaborative success of music remixes.
Let me break this down with a simple example. The process is surprisingly simple yet powerful. When a writer like Ben publishes an article on Paragraph, readers can support his work directly through the platform's "coins" feature. This provides immediate monetization while boosting the article's visibility on the platform's Explore page.
Here's where it gets interesting: when another writer, let's call her Sophia, discovers Ben's article and wants to offer a fresh perspective, critique it, or expand on its ideas, she doesn't need to start from scratch or risk plagiarism accusations. Instead, she can use the remix button to create a response piece directly linked to Ben's original work.
Once Sophia publishes her remix, something remarkable happens. Her new post receives its own coin, but that coin is automatically linked to Ben's original post coin. As either post gains traction, both writers benefit. It's a true mutualistic relationship. If Sophia's fresh perspective attracts new readers, Ben's original work continues to gain recognition and revenue alongside Sophia's remix.
This innovative approach tackles two major challenges facing writers today:
Getting Noticed: If you're like me and nobody knows who you are yet, this is huge. Say Sophia is a complete unknown, but Ben has 10k followers. When Sophia remixes Ben's work with her killer perspective, she instantly gets visibility from his audience. People discover her voice, and if they like what she's saying, boom, new followers.
Actually Making Money: Instead of platforms expecting us to create consistently while earning nothing (I'm looking at you, Medium), Paragraph makes it possible to earn from day one. The linked coin system ensures that successful remixes don't cannibalize the original work's revenue; instead, they amplify it.
I'll be real with you: I'm excited about this because I'm tired of watching great ideas get buried because the writer doesn't have a big enough platform. I'm tired of seeing people steal content without consequence. And I'm definitely tired of creating content for platforms that profit off my work while I get nothing.
The remix model isn't just better for individual writers. It's better for the ideas themselves. When we can build on each other's work openly and fairly, when everyone benefits from collaborative success, we create an environment where the best ideas actually rise to the top.
Consider this article itself: it's inspired by discussions around Paragraph's features and represents exactly the kind of collaborative thinking the platform encourages. Rather than starting entirely from scratch, writers can acknowledge their inspirations while adding their unique voice to ongoing conversations.
The question isn't whether collaborative writing models like this will become mainstream. It's how quickly traditional platforms will adapt to meet the changing needs of creators who want fair compensation, meaningful collaboration, and sustainable growth.
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Help us shape the future of Paragraph! Remix our announcement post with your ideas on how we can make Paragraph better, from new ways for writers to earn to better ways for readers to support the work they love. The remixes w/ the most support will earn these rewards: 1st – $500 USDC 2nd – $200 3rd – $100 Head to our announcement post & click the "Remix" button, then publish and share! https://paragraph.com/@blog/a-better-way-for-ideas-to-strengthen-and-spread
Yooo this is NOICE but which publication should it be ?
Any of your publications works! Just make sure you remix the announcement post linked above. :)
Aight bet
I might have taken it "literally": https://paragraph.com/@gokhan/abulafia
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step 1: seamless integration
lmaoo good tech eh
Deadline ? 🔥
This Friday (8/30) noon EST! But the earlier, the better, so you have time to share the post & have it read by more folks.
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I love the concept of remixing but I don’t really understand the coins. It’s not possible to opt out of them? “you've published your remix, your new post gets its own coin, and that coin is automatically linked to the original post's coin” This means every individual post has a separate coin? For context, I’m a “non crypto person” so having trouble following the benefit of this versus allowing someone to mint (which I’ve seen people do last time I used Paragraph).
Thanks for the note & feedback! For a non-remixed posts (ie any post you start from scratch in the editor), you can totally disable coins. For a remixed post, the primary purpose is to reward folks that remix with their own perspective, stories, etc., and share it with their network & bring in new readers to the discussion. The way we’re currently doing that is through coins and the idea of linking these post coins so that when one coins grows, the other coin benefits as well. It’s fairly common for people to reference & link to other posts or writers in their writing without remixing. Our goal was to see if we can greatly amplify this type of collaboration thru remixing. Thanks again & let us know what you think, or any other questions.
Okay did this late but here is mine https://paragraph.com/@0x08d203bebff96424e2da86979aa3d9681b32837b/remix-like-music-but-for-writers?referrer=0x5aC458605D40B266DB51069aA2dEea72B8266b83
Uhuhuhuuuu you do not have to ask twice! Let's do it! Please tell me I have until tomorrow to put something solid together?
By end of tomorrow would be plenty of time!
Thank goodness, this week has been challenging my calendar tbh 😆 , but don't want to miss out on it and really curious to try the new function!
If you are remixing an article, how does this work with using your Zora creator coin (or any other coin) if you want to define one. Can you still do that, and if so, is it like setting up different liquidity pools for your Zora creator coin at that point? Thanks CCing @winberry Because I think this might interest you. Thanks for showing me this remix feature.
I answered my own question after playing around with the settings. It's a custom pairing you can setup. I thought you could swap out your creator coin with the article coin directly, not a pairing. I get it now - so the remix is an auto pairing to the parent article. Makes sense. Very cool. So if it's a response article and use remix, I use the parent article's coin in the pairing. If it's an original by me, I can pair to my Zora creator coin. What's really cool is - if I use my creator coin on the top level article and get a ton of remixes, that ultimately benefit's my creator coin that sits at the top of the liquidity pairing of all the remixes. @winberry - this is pretty neat.
This is exactly correct: So if it's a response article and use remix, I use the parent article's coin in the pairing. If it's an original by me, I can pair to my Zora creator coin.
I'm following you—so cool! I hope the remix feature picks up steam, for many reasons including, as you say, it's pretty neat.
When does this end?
Today (Friday, 8/29) noon EST!
I keep getting an error when trying to make my post. What can I do to fix it? Or am I too late?