Dan Romero on Warpcast

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There's a lot to like about Ethereum culture. The worst part about Ethereum culture, however, is the invented purity tests. If you don't like something, don't use it. Even better: build an alternative! It's a permissionless, decentralized and open source-friendly ecosystem. You can just fork things! The hard part is getting people to use your version and keep using your thing. So naturally the apps / platforms / chains that have usage and users attract the most armchair opinions. And in an environment where there isn't a massive influx of new people, the finger-pointing and scapegoating only intensifies. The way out is more people with funded wallets transacting regularly onchain who are actually using the apps that people are building.

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Respectfully, I don't think that telling everyone "build it better" is an answer to all critiques. The same narratives play out over and over again. The same folks get rewarded. Cycles feel like Goundhog's Day. My building an app, which I have no technical skills to do, is not changing the culture of crypto. With or without my app, speculation will still run rampant, we will still lift up folks who are extractive, and the narrative of the day will still dictate a large portion of success or failure. Part of why I like this platform versus others is that more people here seem aligned to a longer-term vision of Web3 than simply their bags, the next day's price action, or their next funding round. Not only do we need a culture shift, but once that happens, we need to fix the perception of our industry. I go to other platforms, and people genuinely hate us just for being onchain. They read headline after headline about fraud, manipulation, and decept. We all need to fix that as well.

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@stevedylandev.eth

How would you respond to the argument that while you can ignore / build something else, certain ideas / platforms do more harm than good? Felt like that was a narrative in the Ethereum film unless I’m mistaken or misinterpreted it

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I’ll admit I’m armchair quarterbacking the coining everything movement but there is valid constructive criticism. I listened to Jesse get a lot of flack in an x space and it doesn’t seem like the constructive criticism is taken seriously. This is turning people away from eth all together, not just turning them away from Zora and that’s not a good look imo

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few loud voices users will drown purists out similar phenomenons exist in most mature communities

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that's the result of a caring community. we surely shouldn't strive for indifference, nor expect everyone to build. the drama stems from a clash of visions. the pushback comes from a fear that we’re going in the wrong direction — leaning into speculation, further alienating outsiders, etc. it’s healthy for people to voice support or dissent. our job is to listen.

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been here since uniswap v1. same cycle every szn. complain, fork, fade. only real users stick

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Pranav Yerabati

woah I like this arc

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