Outside of art, not sure what the point of collecting an NFT is.

I've talked about this privately with a bunch of people but surprised it's not discussed more publicly.

should note that an nft you receive as a receipt of doing something else (buying a ticket, subscribing to something, etc...) makes more sense. talking about going to an nft page and hitting "collect" or "mint"

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yup agree https://warpcast.com/matthew/0xd787a733

I think the problem is there's no good way to signal or even enjoy them them outside of setting them as your pfp

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utility is a fancy way of saying you don't know lol... if there was utility, you would just say what it is

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is the sticker book just for you to look at?

The question of micro tipping being big aside, I think my gripe is that there aren't enough sticker books

I think of NFTs — well, specifically low-cost OEs — as digital stickers. I spend $3 or whatever to put them in my sticker book, as a way to support the creator and simply for the satisfaction of looking at my stickers

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and then the question tho is signaling where? if it's a status megaphone, it's a tiny one right now

social signalling and proof of "i was there, did that, contributed to that"

For /writinghackathon I shared my thoughts on collecting onchain media, and minting as an emergent form of communication in an internet-native society:

https://paragraph.xyz/@screenshotessays.eth/signaling-resonance

https://warpcast.com/six/0xc0dbdeb4

idk if this is anything but this was my personal interrogation of the same question

what I landed on is that minting may be less about owning/“collecting” the NFT object and more about a new medium of communicating w the creator

oh awesome I didn't see this but was curious to know what you came up with!

I would agree, I think communication is interesting. Reminds me of snapchat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykGXIQAHLnA. I would think it's less so to the creator (notice me senpai) and more so seeking status from a broader audience (at least in the west).

Begs the question then, what other interesting ways are there to communicate that status? Instagram for NFTs is the current meta but okay, what else?

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most of what I see is open editions... why would those be valuable?

well... it has always been about "price speculation". who would have thought punks will become this huge in 2021.

not sure what the point of hitting like on a social media post is either, still happens a billion times a day

It’s a connection at a point in time between the issuer and collector.

It makes sense for art because art collectors value connection to artists, especially post-Warhol.

Expand that to communities, organizations, etc.  I don’t mint FC version NFTs because of the art, but because I’m here when certain releases are coming out.

I collected @bushi SNOW CRASH so I could see apps burn. 🔥

It’s a good question for most I think it’s speculation, proof of joining a community. 

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I’m new to the onchain space, so forgive me if this is an ice-cold take. So far I see a TON of excitement. Huge discussions happening about advancing tech around the arts. But all of it is very insular. The tech needs to be a seamless consumer-first vehicle for procurement, and enjoyment. Otherwise neither happens.

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