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@sunnysangwan
I've been a part of the art community for 2.5 years on X & now here for a few months, & I can tell you with certainty that artists on @farcaster are at a crossroads. Best case 1: There's some foundational shift where the fc ecosystem elevates these "quality content" creators & they can have a meaningful existence here. Best Case 2: They go explore Lens or maybe back to X (where despite the algo, they get some recognition for their art from their peers). Worst case: They get disenchanted with web3 altogether because they've been scammed, rugged, ignored, reduced to a number & pretty much treated like second class citizens regardless of where they exist. I worry about this the most. Irony 1: The art community is the most vibrant community any social community can have. We literally have generational talent hanging out amongst us & most of us are unaware. Irony 2: Artists who are here are the most tech forward of the normie bunch we'd wanna onboard. Biggest assets for any social platform. 1/2 🧵
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@sunnysangwan
Reality 1: Artists have been testing/participating in every piece of tech that's been released. Artists are driving every metric, whether it's qDAU or volume etc., up. Yet, that interest and engagement hasn't been reciprocated. How much engagement do the most engaged userbase of tech get back? Pretty much none. Reality 2: The tipping meta has kept artists here so far but we're seeing how that's unraveling. What other reasons remain for a userbase that's overlooked to remain here? Small fish in a big pond doesn't sound that defeating when the small pond doesn't have any bites. 2/3 🧵
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@sunnysangwan
Reality 3: There's only one real used case for minting on-chain that's stood the test of time and that's art. All the ingredients of fc being a massive success story for art are here. We have an engaged artist community that's ready to experiment, iterate and explore, we have the devs that can supercharge the next art revolution and we have platforms like @zora & @rodeo on a chain that has a reach way bigger than any other. The problem is that it's all disjointed; we're disjointed. If you feel invested in this discussion, please comment and speak your truth. We cannot solve this if we don't talk about it. It is time to unite NOW or forever live with the what if.
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@lostfleurs
great to see this being discussed in an intelligent and thoughtful way. I share a feeling that there’s a increasing fragmentation happening, and solution is twofold. 1. FC taking it seriously that this place has many artists who have driven growth here. An artist communicates in image often more than words. I like what I do to speak for itsellf. I don’t want to write a paragraph describing it. Yet FC rewards verbal engagement and not visual production. 2. Let artists to be ‘seen and felt’ on these new innovative platforms, genuinely supporting those who are here, as many are, for their livelihood. With flexibility in pricing structures & FC introducing a visual media feed.
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