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my tiny protest against the free mint meta: why i've decided to no longer sell full pieces on free mint platforms.

my tiny protest against the free mint meta: why i've decided to no longer sell full pieces on free mint platforms. 

https://paragraph.xyz/@tinyrainboot/free-mint-meta

I love what @tinyrainboot expressed in this reflection, and I completely resonate with her “frustration.” Here are some of my thoughts on the what is going on right now with all these platforms:

I believe that we, as artists, are being exploited by platforms that were supposed to bring positive change. It's frustrating. It feels like they are drifting away from the original ethos of Web3—the idea of a decentralized space where artists could truly thrive and be valued—and edging closer to the same old practices. Instead of breaking away from the systems that undervalue art and artists, these platforms seem to be repeating them, rebranding the old under the guise of something “new”

I believe that to truly evolve into something better, we have to unbecome the old. These platforms had the chance to create something radically different, but instead, they’ve chosen the “art of life”, using art as just another commodity for the system, rather than the…

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Loved this so much, Tiny!

Shared my thoughts about what you’ve reflected on here: https://warpcast.com/eduardmsmr/0xa51f9deb 

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thank you for your thoughts, i’ll respond in a bit

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