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Even better, build your own platform! Personally I love drops on custom artist build sites. The blockchain is already there, ready to go, you only have to build something on top, it can be very simple - and also that way you don’t get locked in on someone else’s platform and you have control over the space in which people can experience your art.
+1, I love custom-built sites for art projects. Are there any established ways to make users trust your mint button? If they use ZORA, they know they won't be drained. But if they go to myproject.art, they don't know what's gonna happen once they click the "Mint" button.
I came to the Kiwi News platform following @0xLuo and @Lilping. Through deep engagement with Kiwi News' feed, commenting, submitting my links, and participating in competitions, I was then led to t2. I've profoundly realized that the code of these platforms themselves and whether they're user-friendly (yes, even some platforms I enjoy are truly difficult to use, but I love them) isn't really important. What's important is the culture and the people in them. If you don't stay long enough, you might be constrained by many superficial things, unable to see the mechanisms happening behind the scenes, unable to see the special qualities of the people and culture behind it, let alone find your own niche audience. The author is right. But what interests me more is whether the platform or technology itself can make people stay, like classic Curve.fi design, or Kiwi's UI design, which is very nostalgic, but I really like it. It allows you to see its culture at a glance.
+1 to all your comments. Custom-built sites can offer that personal control over how people experience your art, which is fantastic. The only challenge I see is that while no-code solutions exist, building custom minting platforms often requires technical skills. To build trust, especially if it's your first site, showing your design process or who helped create the site can really help. Otherwise, it might be smarter to start with no-code platforms and build up trust with your audience before going fully custom.