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Sunny
@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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@mac-drip
Some points/thoughts... 1) 'Elevation' of quality content requires people to know what is Good. Most people do not know what is good. Bad taste is ubiquitous. What is missing in web3 art, to me, is curation. The gallerist, museum, tastemaker, etc. This is probably controversial as it goes against a lot of web3's so called 'ethos', but having respected figures go out and find the best and most deserving work to amplify would be very valuable. 2) Contributing to bad taste is the over-democratization of art. It is too cheap and easy for anyone to create 'art' and put it up for sale with 0 consequences. I rarely see people put hard and original work into art on chain. And even if they do, good artists are usually horrible marketers. TL;DR - the good art gets lost in a massive sea of bad art. most people don't know what is good. i'd like to see curatorial organizations form (not DAOs, no buying-in) that work to curate the best artists on chain. these orgs could even provide grants!
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@sunnysangwan
Hey Drip. That's precisely the goal of /pkokcurated. Please consider this an invite to @pkok. We're curating with intent from across web3. I think you'll like it.
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