social

Zora and Rodeo rely on low cost, high volume business models. Onchain creators are skeptical. 

Yet, neither exudes confidence in brand messaging:

-Zora: you post here
-Rodeo: you experiment here

Zora's token model wins, but they need to onboard the existing talented onchain creators who remain skeptical (more interesting content actually true here. Selling social posts isn't what onchain creators want.

Rodeo...idk.

Sad that VC money dictated a meta that seemingly avoids building for onchain creatives, of which there are tonnes

Strat/art/design. Thoughts: /user-steen Director: /enjoy Guild: /metaliminal Zora: zora.co/@usersteen

Try to look at it from this side, when the main value for the creator is to be conditionally popular, when your art is appreciated, but it is accessible to many and can be viral. I think Zora is about this and a cheap model is necessary here. If they manage to attract more users, then maybe it will work. But it is definitely necessary to work on the mechanics, because a mint for a quarter is expensive for some people, but even cheaper it is pointless.