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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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Reality 1: Artists have been testing/participating in every piece of tech that's been released. Artists are driving every metric, whether it's qDAU or volume etc., up. Yet, that interest and engagement hasn't been reciprocated. How much engagement do the most engaged userbase of tech get back? Pretty much none. Reality 2: The tipping meta has kept artists here so far but we're seeing how that's unraveling. What other reasons remain for a userbase that's overlooked to remain here? Small fish in a big pond doesn't sound that defeating when the small pond doesn't have any bites. 2/3 🧵

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Reality 3: There's only one real used case for minting on-chain that's stood the test of time and that's art. All the ingredients of fc being a massive success story for art are here. We have an engaged artist community that's ready to experiment, iterate and explore, we have the devs that can supercharge the next art revolution and we have platforms like @zora & @rodeo on a chain that has a reach way bigger than any other. The problem is that it's all disjointed; we're disjointed. If you feel invested in this discussion, please comment and speak your truth. We cannot solve this if we don't talk about it. It is time to unite NOW or forever live with the what if.

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Appreciate the commentary! How do you see zora and rodeo and other low cost minting platforms fitting in with sustainable artistic expression on farcaster? And I would say there are lots of use cases for onchain activity! Just more end up being in the backend of credibility and data purposes, rather than front end experiences

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Thank you, Sunny, for sharing your thoughts, many of which I agree with.

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The quality of art and the artist is no longer about the effort or time they are here or they put in but rather the money they lock. Considering that artists around the world often struggle financially, it doesn’t seem likely that they can rise within this algorithm. As a result of human nature/selfishness, those who don’t tip, don’t receive tips, or they only get back what they give. From the perspective of time, effort, and earnings, this makes it difficult for artists to stay within the system. Contrary to your view, I don’t think traditional artists are closely connected with technology, unlike digital artists. And the constantly changing rules are challenging for them. Isn’t it a bit unrealistic to expect a regular artist to continuously stay on this platform for just $100 a month?"

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Such a great thread! Thanks for your thoughts and putting through how most of us feel 🩶

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There will always be those that want to try new things, get excited by the tech and keep sharing their creations. But sadly most need the sales to be able to give it more time and to onboard new creatives.

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Couldn't agree more, except maybe on the @zora & @rodeodotclub part. The thing with these two or/and any other for that matter is that they are all encouraging artists to give art for free or for very low money (the new term is affordable) which in reality serves only them(fees they collect on a daily scale from masses) and can not feed us the artists. I wish we the creators of all branches not only art would once and for all unite and say that's enough. No need for extremely high prices, but we want to be paid fairly and properly for our work! We just need enough to provide our families with a normal decent life. I even made an art piece in the early social-realism style, just as they were using them to spread the socialistic and communistic propaganda so is my wish here to spread the propaganda of unity in the web3 space. "web3 workers unite"

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great to see this being discussed in an intelligent and thoughtful way. I share a feeling that there’s a increasing fragmentation happening, and solution is twofold. 1. FC taking it seriously that this place has many artists who have driven growth here. An artist communicates in image often more than words. I like what I do to speak for itsellf. I don’t want to write a paragraph describing it. Yet FC rewards verbal engagement and not visual production. 2. Let artists to be ‘seen and felt’ on these new innovative platforms, genuinely supporting those who are here, as many are, for their livelihood. With flexibility in pricing structures & FC introducing a visual media feed.

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