@base builder #001; onchain cities w/ OAK & city3

Not here to dunk on @base or @jessepollak. We’re early. When you’re experimenting onchain, there will be fvck ups that’s part of it.

But if I were running point on comms, i’d have done it differently. Base (and @coinbase more broadly) have done such a good job bringing the community into everything they do and Coinbase especially has set the bar on making complex ideas accessible; clear explainers, strong messaging, educational resources etc. 

This time that scaffolding was missing. No much context on what that was meant to be and because of that it landed more like a stealth token launch (?) than a fun cultural moment.

Think the takeaway isn’t “don’t experiment”. 
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t’s: be clearer with intent. Set expectations, especially, when you know people are watching and capital might flow.

We’re all learning in public. Just my two cents on what might’ve made it land cleaner 🫶