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

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my 1 month august break from zora, etc. turned into an indefinite break ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ for me, i don't even think it's so much about the dropping prices (i was airdropping lots of things anyways) but it was as u also mentioned – the removal of controls. that, more than anything for me, really changed the vibe. now i'm kind of like, why bother? the other thing i've noticed, which i feel really bad about, is that since this all went down, i feel like i've lost a lot of interest in collecting. like before it felt better (still not the best) that a single mint provided slightly more tangible support for the artist. now that it's devalued so much, it feels no different than just pressing like on social. so when i'm busy and i'll just quickly press like rather than go through the steps to connect, sign, load wallet, change app, etc. to send 25 cents (╥_╥) i also see ppl increase their output frequency and churn things out to compensate and this content overload makes me less interested in collecting as well

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and yes, why put it on chain just for the sake of it 😆 sure, they tried to solve it with the “double tap to mint”, but again, is that what we really want?!

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thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and experience. i was really thinking a lot about very internet printout, the mechanics at the time were so fitting for that project. it’s ok that things change, but i agree with you in the sense that i’m losing motivation to create or collect onchain.

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It's really timely that you mention this because @benna and I were just discussing something similar. For our upcoming exhibitions, we might eventually try to break free from existing platforms at some point by creating fully DIY websites that will house all the artworks. This way: 1. We’ll have complete control over the design, allowing it to fully align with the narrative and themes we’re exploring. 2. It could bring us closer to what we might call decentralization.

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