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@vgr
Society is now locked in an existential struggle with itself to decide what archetype will replace “consumer” the way “consumer” replaced “citizen” in the 1950s
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@vgr
No, it ain’t “creator” or “builder” or any such high-energy positive archetype. It will be a low-energy least-resistance archetype of unrepentant mediocrity. “Airdrop-farming degen” is a crypto-local version of whatever the general version will be.
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@vgr
Hmm. Maybe subscriber.
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@vgr
Good candidates: NPC User Crustacean Bottomwit Degen Influencer Subscriber Passenger
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@keikreutler
Follower In usual terms and following feeds, etc. But also follower of protocols, ie I think a lot of a persona will be defined by areas where people “choose” to give up agency
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