diff --git a/escapethe3ra-monero-observer-website.md b/escapethe3ra-monero-observer-website.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0a8b3eca6b3c2dddfac65dc244ada6b591f2d695 --- /dev/null +++ b/escapethe3ra-monero-observer-website.md @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +--- +layout: fr +title: Monero Observer news website +author: escapethe3RA +date: August 23, 2021 +amount: 15.99 +milestones: + - name: September + funds: 5.33 + done: + status: unfinished + - name: October + funds: 5.33 + done: + status: unfinished + - name: November + funds: 5.33 + done: + status: unfinished +payouts: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: +--- + +# WHAT + +I will maintain **Monero Observer**[^1] for the next 3 months (autumn 2021): September, October and November. + +Essentially: + +- DAILY: search, curate, structure and post new content (CHANGELOG available: https://www.monero.observer/changelog/) +- AS NEEDED: housekeeping (revise stories to make sure links and content is still relevant) +- AS NEEDED: outreach (engage with the community mainly via email to encourage participation and get new stories/tips faster) +- AS NEEDED: make sure the website is live and working as expected (no 404's, domain is paid, etc) +- WEEKLY: publish Monero XMR TA Report, a weekly XMR technical analysis report (reference: https://www.monero.observer/tag/analysis/) +- MONTHLY: publish Monero Observer Blitz, a monthly report that includes everything that happened the previous month (reference: https://www.monero.observer/tag/blitz/) +- (BONUS, OPTIONAL) AS NEEDED: publish Monero & privacy/opsec-related guides (reference: https://www.monero.observer/tag/guides/) + +# WHO + +Myself: escapethe3RA, a Monero enthusiast, a private citizen. + +# WHY + +I strongly believe that the Monero community would benefit from the existence of the Monero Observer, both right now and in the long run. + +While there are a few other places where people can get news and stories from around the Monero community, I am proposing a slightly different and more efficient approach. + +Here are some of my thoughts: + +- we need a dedicated Monero-only news website that is being run by someone in our community, privately +- the general writing style should resemble a journalistic approach, based on facts and as little opinion as possible +- clean, minimalist interface, no bloat, few images +- references/sources should never be absent from each post; furthermore the author should seek to prioritize privacy-respecting platforms and thus share the links to those if possible (ie. invidio.us instead of youtube.com, nitter.net instead of twitter.com) +- readers must be allowed unrestricted access to the stories, privately via tor (zero Javascript, no cookies, no tracking or any kind of analytics service, no pop-ups, no newsletters, no CDN, no captchas, no ads whatsoever) +- smaller stories should also be covered whenever possible, in order to support and encourage community participation in a decentralized way, the Monero way (individual bloggers, small time alt platform video and guide makers, tiny merchants) +- search engine juice should be allowed to flow to every site in the community and disabled (rel=nofollow) for big tech sites (in the references/src links) +- advertising should be approached very conservatively and human-to-human contact should be prioritized whenever possible (think: email still works, word of mouth will never die, if you build something they will come so have a strong foundation ready;) +- stay away from mainstream centralized social media if possible; RSS should be encouraged, it's still the best (IMHO); potentially add decentralized social accounts (ie. federation) in the future + +There's more, but I believe these notes should suffice for now. + +I have already taken the liberty to dedicate my past couple of weeks to this project: find a voice and well defined structure for the content, design the website, research and write the posts, add reference links and deploy. + +You can visit the website and get a glimpse of my work so far. Before I continue with the project in this direction I need the community's feedback and approval. If you think this would be useful, comment and support my proposal. Thoughts, constructive criticism and discussions are encouraged. + +If you wish to contact me you can do so by sending me an email (address on the website's about page, PGP key available for sensitive content). + +# MILESTONES + +The work hours that I have already put in this month will **not** be counted towards this proposal. First of all I wanted to know approximately how many hours I'd need to put in beforehand and secondly I wanted to show up with a PoC. + +I am proposing to maintain Monero Observer for the next three months of autumn: September, October and November at a rate of $15/hour, 80 hours a month. The total is 15.99 XMR at the rate 1 XMR == $225 (~10% buffer from current Kraken price). + +Thus, there will be three milestones, 5.33 XMR each, paid on the last day of each month: 30 September, 31 October, 30 November. + +If all goes well and the community finds the project useful we can discuss 2022 plans. + +Thanks for reading! + +Ta-ta, +**escapethe3RA** + +[^1]: https://monero.observer