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Feedback Policy

I don’t take feedback, unless I ask for it specifically. I often ask for it. If you’ve got something to say about my work, hold that thought until I post again looking for feedback. Simple comments are always welcome, as long as we are not talking about my process or what I decide to publish.

That said, please leave comments and/or feedback in the comments. No feedback is acknowledged over social media.

Point:

I publish what I want to publish. I don’t go with fads or popularity contests. I don’t expect things I publish to be seen or read. I publish them because I like them, and I think it’s worth public exposure. I don’t want to hear what you think I should publish.

I will, quite often, ask for feedback. In such situations, I generally specify exactly what I’m looking for opinions on. Some things are simply complete. If something is complete, no amount of pretentious commentary will make me go back and edit it. If you find an actual issue with something like my grammar, I will thank you for bringing my attention to it, and I will fix it.

This post is very concise; to the point, as it were. That’s because it’s a simple issue that shouldn’t be hard to grasp.

I’m asking one thing from my readers, friends, and fans. That was it.

Thank you,

Jack Lhasa

(This post will appear, with slight alterations for readability, on a static page with information on copyrights, FAQ, and the like.)

A Brand New Way to Blog

PenX.io offers an incredibly robust blogging platform with a host of features that would normally require the use of a half dozen sites and services.

Part 1 in a series: Intro

Last weekend I discovered a brand new startup blog service, PenX. I really enjoyed its unique feature set, and sleek themes from the get. If you are used to the massive theme selection of some web2 blog platforms, the choices here may seem limited at first. I ran into a few problems with some of the more complicated aspects of it, and reached out to the Discord server.

The next day I had a reply from the projects lead developer. He’s a great guy, and took a lot of his own time to walk me through some of the problems I was experiencing.

This is when I learned that the team was very small, and that PenX was in a still very early phase of development. Due to our conversations, 0xZio made several adjustments over the next few days, reconciling all the issues I’d encountered thus far.

0xZio.eth is the lead developer at PenX. There is a Farcaster channel for PenX, in which I’ll be aiding in the moderation. There isn’t much there at the moment, but that will change fast.

Now, because of the extremely early stage in the PenX lifespan, I recommend creating a new wallet to interact with it. Or perhaps you have several sitting around for exactly this reason(As I do).

You’ll need a wallet that is compatible with the Base L2 chain. With this wallet, you’ll sign for most actions, even if they involve no monetary exchange.

PenX has 2 features built in that you cannot find in any other blog suite. The first of which is a fully customizable, set any price you like, establish as many tiers as you like, membership system. Lots of blogs have membership systems. I’ve never seen anything give the user this much control and freedom over how memberships work.

The second, which ties in with the other features is a CreatorFi Launchpad. Here, any PenX user can mint their own token in base, and allocate it as they see fit. Again, there is a high degree of freedom here, unlike any launchpad I’ve ever used.

These features will cost you a fractional amount of ETH on Base to cover the standard, super cheap gas and such of Base.

Another feature you’ll notice quickly is PenX’s proprietary token, which any blog owner may claim daily. The $PEN token currently has no equatable value, but as more users discover this incredible package, I expect that to change.

All content can be token-gated as the author sees fit. And every post can be set to collectible, in the manner you’re probably used to seeing on Paragraph and Mirror. This feature is the final setting before posting publicly, so you are always aware of a posts collectibility. Posts can also be gated until they are minted, which is a unique twist on what we’ve seen from the other Web3 major platforms.

Any post can be commented on. All posts have a Tip button so your readers can reward you without minting. There’s also a fully detailed collaboration system.

Currently content can be set to several formats, including, Journal entries, Blog posts, static pages, an image gallery, and databases.

Each blog also comes with a personal subdomain option, mine is https://exoteric.penx.io/, for example.

I’ve only begun to really dig into the real robustness of this new platform. It’s also available for self-hosting with a one-click deploy.

That’s where I’ll end this post, however, as it’s already far longer than I intended.

Jack Lhasa
A Shaman with an addiction for fresh startups.

Https://exoteric.live

Https://exoteric.penx.io/

Be on the lookout for more posts about PenX from me, as I intend to do a deeper piece on the features I’ve only briefly described here.