The Loot Herald, a role that will act as a journalist, scribe, and evangelist of the projects within the Loot ecosystem and of the ideological nature of open-sourced public goods, decentralization, and permissionless onchain protocols. This role will pay special attention to what is being built by BibliothecaDAO/Realms, not only because the DAO is one of the most democratic, transparent and active Lootverse-inspired operations, but also because the DAO best represents the original ethos of Loot. Similar initiatives can be found in related sectors where brand, developer, and technology advocates work to promote the underlying industry.
The Herald will report and publish content related happenings within Realms and Loot through various outlets including Loot’s main social media account with ~70k followers. Further, the Loot Herald will be expanding Loot-related inspirations outside the common outlets of Twitter (X) and Discord (e.g., Instagram, Reddit, Farcaster/Warpcaster, Mirror, Substack, Instagram, Facebook, etc.).
| Tasks | Expected Deadline | Completed | Relevant Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search and Recruitment for Suitable Candidate | September 2023 | Yes | |
| Make a Short List of Desired Account Names: Gmail, domain name, Twitter, Threads, Reddit, Substack, etc. Create email and other communication accounts. | September 2023 | Yes | |
| Onboarding and Orientation: Integrate the selected candidate into the Loot community, providing necessary training and orientation. BibliothecaDAO members O_Excess and Thomas Radio will act as Mentors. | Sept. - Oct, 2023 | Yes | |
| Create visual branding, favicon, profile picture, profile banner, wordmark, etc.. Choose font and color schemes for Herald Lootverse Branding.. | Sept. - Oct. 2023 | Yes | |
| Publication of First Newsletter/Loot Issue #1, initially created by mentors and Loot Discord Writers’ Room collaboratively, and then transitioning to Herald after onboarding. The first issue should have the recent news of the Lootverse, an article about the history of Loot, and an original short story. | October 2023 | Yes | |
| Organize and conduct the first community event. A Twitter Space, live video interview, AMA, or some other similar event, planned and operated by Herald. | November 2023 | ||
| Content Creation and Community Engagement/Collaborative Efforts - In addition to continuing to produce Loot/Bibliotheca-related content, Herald will continue community engagement efforts (e.g., virtual events, town-square discussions, hosting founder forums, etc.) | Nov. 2023 - Aug. 2024 | Yes | |
| Impact Assessment and Sustainability Planning - In addition to tasks mentioned above, the Herald will assess its accomplishments and begin planning ways to make the role sustainable, through funding or other revenue producing tasks. | Feb. 2024 - Aug. 2024 | Yes |
This initiative comes from the Loot Discord Writers’ Room - a group of Loot collectors, fans and contributors interested in lore and collaborative storytelling within the Lootverse. Most of the Loot Writers are also BibliothecaDAO members. The Loot Writers will help guide the Herald at the onset but then transfer responsibility as they become comfortable w/t leading the initiative.
Contributors O_Excess and Thomas Radio are taking the lead but other contributors to the proposal include Caygeon, devondolan, Korivak, raulonastool, Ticklish, timshel, and tylerharries.
Website: https://www.lootproject.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/MK3MzfwaJz
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/lootproject
| Date | A brief Summary of the this weeks progress | Any technical updates to your project | Have any milestones been completed | Is the anything your require assistance with your project | Upload/link any media relevant to this update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/12/23 | First Realms: Week in Review published, detailing work being done w/in Frontinus House + other Realms-related content. |
https://open.substack.com/pub/thelootherald/p/the-realms-report-a-weekly-update?r=2s9ijr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true | Substack and Twitter accounts up and running. | | | | | 24/12/23 | No publications this week for holidays | | | | | | 31/12/23 | Published Realms: Week in Review #2
https://open.substack.com/pub/thelootherald/p/realms-week-in-review-rising-revenant?r=2s9ijr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web | | | | | | 03/01/24 | Published Realms: Week in Review #3
https://open.substack.com/pub/thelootherald/p/realms-week-in-review-announcing?r=2s9ijr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true | | | | | | 10/01/24 | Published Realms: Week in Review #4 + Special Issue #1
https://open.substack.com/pub/thelootherald/p/realms-week-in-review-arcane-assemblerassembled?r=2s9ijr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/thelootherald/p/unkillable-loot-and-the-mad-lords?r=2s9ijr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true | | | | | | 17/01/24 | Published Realms: Week in Review #5
https://open.substack.com/pub/thelootherald/p/realms-week-in-review-pistols-at?r=2s9ijr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true | | | | | | 24/01/24 | Published Realms: Week in Review #6 + Special Issue #2
https://open.substack.com/pub/thelootherald/p/realms-week-in-review-realms-bazaar?r=2s9ijr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/thelootherald/p/building-a-multiplayer-media-empire?r=2s9ijr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true | | | | | | 01/02/24 | Published Realms: Week in Review #7
https://open.substack.com/pub/thelootherald/p/realms-week-in-review-banners-raised?r=2s9ijr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true | | | | | | 09/02/24 | Published Realms: Week in Review #8 + Coordinated w/ other FH teams | Created a Nibs and Nobs mint on Warpcaster. | All milestones have been completed except Impact Assessment (August of 2024) — though most milestones are ongoing. | N/A | |