Enthusiasm is All You Need
AI summary of the linked articleThe author argues that the web3 space should build fandom around shared stories rather than financialized games, and that blockchains could help preserve fan culture. Drawing on their experience managing fan communities such as the Carol Corps for Captain Marvel and several TV show fandoms from 2011 to 2016, they describe fan groups that formed through shared narratives, creative projects and in-person events without tokens. They contrast this with PFP collections and memecoins, which they say relied on speculation, and with quests and seasons, which they call extractive. They also point to the shutdown of the MTV News website without an archive as a reason to preserve culture. |
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2 comments I really like the fandom perspective. It's fascinating that people coordinate around imagined worlds to discuss stories, run meetups, and design their own cosplay costumes. When I was younger, had many of these conversations about Star Wars and DBZ. Still love to dig into fandom wikis whenever I watch a good TV Series. I think in crypto there's this tendency to extract value before you create it. Fandoms are the reverse - they create tons of value and often don't even try to charge for it. We could learn a lot from them :)  From 2021 to late 2022, users were advised to buy a PFP to turn into an identity marker rather than a character we share an adventure alongside. We were told to make a business out of a singular digital piece of art on which some spent thousands of dollars worth of ETH. This clearly didn’t work as intended. hahah sick buuuuuurrn. Actually now that Riley took the time to formulate it, I realize how ridiculous this narrative was 😂 |
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