Welcome back legends!

I’m pumped you guys are here. I know your inboxes are full and I appreciate your attention.

This week we have:

• 1 Web3 Narrative: How I got banned from Twitter

• 1 Writing Tip: A writer who doesn’t write?

• 1 Story: Purrrrfect

This one’s a 3 minute read.

Why I got banned from Twitter

This week I got banned from Twitter.

For 12 hours.

I left a comment on someone’s post that seemed harmless to me.

But shortly after I got a message from Twitter saying I violated their policy terms.

Apparently, I was encouraging self harm.

WTF?

I don’t remember saying anything like that.

Then I looked at the tweet again and I understood.

The Twitter algorithm thinks that the phrase “cut yourself some slack” literally means to cut yourself.

Unbelievable.

Ok, so it was only 12 hours.

Who cares? And what does this have to do with Web3?

This happens all the time with people on Twitter and other social media sites. They get banned and have no idea why.

Many people’s entire business is done via social media these days.

And centralized companies like Twitter and Meta can turn your business off in an instant.

I’ve written about why we need decentralized social media before. You can find it here.

This is a painful reminder as to why we need it.

With decentralized social media (Web3 social media) you can’t be censored in an instant and you actually own your own content.

Because of this experience I’m going to be spending more time on Web3 social media sites:

Mirror.xyz

Deso

Lens

Farcaster

Web3 is the future of social media.

Take some time to check out these sites.

A Writer Who Doesn’t Write?

There’s a ghostwriter I follow on Twitter named Taylin Simmonds.

He’s absolutely crushing it, ghostwriting for clients who want to grow their Twitter accounts.

He makes $40K a month doing this.

I recently learned he never writes anything down.

Wait, what?

A writer who makes $40K a month without writing anything down?

How is this possible?

He uses a writing assistant app called otter.ai 

Each day he’ll go for a walk, and brainstorm ideas while talking to his otter app and it automatically writes everything down.

Walks are the the lifeblood of creativity so this amps up his his writing.

I’ve recently started testing it and it’s pretty cool.

So next time you sit down to write, download the app, take a walk and see how it goes.

(I have no affiliation with the app, I just think it’s cool)

Purrrrfect

I suffer from perfectionism.

I used to think I just had really high standard but that’s bullshit.

Perfectionism is about the fear of not being in control.

But often we applaud perfectionism in society as if it’s attainable. It’s not.

I tried to explain this to my 3 year old daughter as she rearranged her toys in a straight line for the 11th time in frustration.

She looked at me puzzled and then carried on.

The next day I was at my computer, stressing about something totally meaningless - like what font perfectly represents the emotional undercurrent of a piece of content - when my daughter came in.

She looked at me, “daddy what are you doing?”

“I’m just doing some work, darling.”

She could see my furrowed brow and thought for a second.

“Oh. But daddy it doesn’t have to be purrrrfect.”

Having my 3 year old tell me not to be a perfectionist wasn’t the same as me telling myself that.

And it wasn’t the same as reading it online somewhere.

It hits different when your 3 year old is schooling you on life.

Everything 3 year olds say is adorable. They emphasize certain letters that melt your heart.

As a parent, you teach these little lessons to your kids and then they come back to you when you least expect it.

I’m guessing there’s a few of you that are perfectionists as well.

So remember: cut yourself some slack (not a self harm reference!) and it doesn’t have to be purrrrfect.

Thanks for reading! I appreciate the space in your mailbox. Feel free to reply with any questions or comments. Enjoy your weekend!

-Savant