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diff --git a/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md b/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md index 93286c5..5437595 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,17 @@ --- title: "The residency program: why I killed it and why it worked" -slug: the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked pubDate: 2025-10-01T16:00:00.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:34.000Z draft: false excerpt: "Last month I disbanded the SLIST residency program. The scene politics had gotten toxic enough that the structure was doing more harm than good. Critics called the decision selfish. Maybe … Read more" categories: - - { name: Updates, slug: updates } + - Updates tags: - - { name: community, slug: community } - - { name: curation, slug: curation } - - { name: format-case-study, slug: format-case-study } - - { name: growth, slug: growth } - - { name: tone-philosophical, slug: tone-philosophical } + - community + - curation + - format-case-study + - growth + - tone-philosophical featured: src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/cover.png alt: "Empty nightclub stage with dramatic red lighting and fog"content: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
diff --git a/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md b/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md index 41d20de..93286c5 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tags: - { name: growth, slug: growth } - { name: tone-philosophical, slug: tone-philosophical } featured: - src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d202818bfed5.40874248.png + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/cover.png alt: "Empty nightclub stage with dramatic red lighting and fog" legacy_wp_id: 15798 ---fix(web): point upload URLs at slist.net (cdn.slist.net not wired up yet)
diff --git a/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md b/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md index dec2ccb..41d20de 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tags: - { name: growth, slug: growth } - { name: tone-philosophical, slug: tone-philosophical } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d202818bfed5.40874248.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d202818bfed5.40874248.png alt: "Empty nightclub stage with dramatic red lighting and fog" legacy_wp_id: 15798 ---feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md b/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md index 11ac5e7..dec2ccb 100644 --- a/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ slug: the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked pubDate: 2025-10-01T16:00:00.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:34.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "Last month I disbanded the SLIST residency program. The scene politics had gotten toxic enough that the structure was doing more harm than good. Critics called the decision selfish. Maybe … Read more" +categories: + - { name: Updates, slug: updates } +tags: + - { name: community, slug: community } + - { name: curation, slug: curation } + - { name: format-case-study, slug: format-case-study } + - { name: growth, slug: growth } + - { name: tone-philosophical, slug: tone-philosophical } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d202818bfed5.40874248.png + alt: "Empty nightclub stage with dramatic red lighting and fog" legacy_wp_id: 15798 --- Last month I disbanded the SLIST residency program. The scene politics had gotten toxic enough that the structure was doing more harm than good. Critics called the decision selfish. Maybe they were right.feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md b/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..11ac5e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2025/the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: "The residency program: why I killed it and why it worked" +slug: the-residency-program-why-i-killed-it-and-why-it-worked +pubDate: 2025-10-01T16:00:00.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T14:29:34.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 15798 +--- +Last month I disbanded the SLIST residency program. The scene politics had gotten toxic enough that the structure was doing more harm than good. Critics called the decision selfish. Maybe they were right. + +But here’s what happened next. + +* * * + +In the six months since killing the residency, every metric that matters doubled. Followers across platforms. Group chat membership. Contact list depth. And the one that actually counts — average turnouts quadrupled. We went from 1-2 events per month to 1-2 per week. + +That’s not correlation. That’s what happens when you stop splitting focus across a structure that was built for artist development but had become a vehicle for scene politics. + +The residency model works in theory. You invest in a small roster, give them regular slots, build their audience alongside yours. In practice, what happened was every residency decision became a political negotiation. Who gets the slot. Who feels overlooked. Whose friends are mad about it. The energy that should have gone into building community was going into managing egos. + +So I killed it. No negotiation, no phase-out. Done. + +* * * +Diff truncated (46 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
