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It is incorrect to think of /zora as an Artist/Creator Tool (even if it technically still is one), like it was in previous years. They are in a different category now. More accurate "comparison" would be something like Lens/Orb.

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so you’re saying it pivoted from a creator app to a social app?

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there is a category of onchain Artist Platforms: highlight, manifold, foundation, superrare. zora used to be in this category. the main goal of these platforms is to provide a way for Artists to release and monetize their Work (and ideally connect them with Collectors to buy). (ik you're familiar with all this)

I see a lot of artists requesting zora features that are reminiscent of the features these types of tools provide, and that zora used to provide. things like custom pricing, mint duration, edition size limits, 1/1s etc -- but i think this is a fundamental misunderstanding of what zora is now. zora is now a *social* protocol with a focus on media, with an embedded money layer. which means all that Artist Tooling stuff doesn't make as much sense for this new zora. even the framing of thinking in terms of "editions" and "collections" and "collectors" feels antiquated for this new product.

Not loving pivot tbh — or I wish they kept some of the tools for power users when they did

a social app for artists because of the current user base. morphing into trad social day by day 

creator is kind of an empty descriptor of late tbh

agree! it's a social app and i'm sure we'll see different types of cryptomedia and interactions

i would agree, they seem to focus a lot more on the discovery features now and all about curating "vibes", which is a huge indicator for the transition

altho i enjoy how you can still view all the work by an artist in one place without having to comb through the individual posts, as supposed to orb/warpcast

Zora has evolved beyond being just an Artist/Creator Tool

Zora has evolved beyond just being an Artist/Creator Tool

Zora has evolved beyond being an artist but I'm not sure I understand

Would it be accurate to say that Zora economic incentives are now more like a web2 social app Instargram or Youtube? In other word where creators are now having to make content For "Discoveribility" rather then For "Tools"?

zora теперь больше похожа на Lens/Orb, чем на Artist/Creator Tool.

/zora has evolved beyond being just an Artist/Creator Tool, now comparable to Lens/Orb