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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/06/2026

I came up as a science fiction writer, and at some point, every sf writer learns "Yog's Law," coined by James D Macdonald when he was running the science fiction forum on GEnie, under the screen name "Yog Sysop": > money flows toward the writer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D... 9/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/06/2026

In other words, whenever you, as a creative worker, are approached by someone who wants to "help" you with your work, and they want *you* to pay *them*, they are a scammer, preying upon your essential human need to communicate with others. *Run away*. 10/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/06/2026

Which is what I did. I deleted the email. Then, I got another one a couple months later. Ugh. I wrote a mail rule that auto-deleted anything from that sender and promptly forgot about the matter. Until last night. 11/

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Fergal @fergalyyz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

👆 This is generalizable and applicable to company founders too.

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