When your favorite breakfast food is never in-stock, so you stock up and become part of the problem
Today we launched the Variant newsletter. first issue is all about we 3 social media (ahem) and how it can succeed. read and subscribe the cryptonative way on Mirror: https://variant.mirror.xyz/Iytcr8HyEEyV9vo44w-KbL-LyTJCbGSM8sdEqwzphlw
Variant Newsletter, Issue 1: Thinking about web3 social
Taking a critical look at web3 social media.
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If you’re looking for newsletter recs, here’s one! Newly launched 🤗 https://www.variantnewsletter.com/p/issue-1-thinking-about-web3-social
Variant Newsletter, Issue 1: Thinking about web3 social
gm! We’re taking a critical look at web3 social media at a time when everyone is talking about the new challengers to Twitter.
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Some thoughts on genArt 💭 https://variant.fund/articles/generative-art-multiplayer-exercise-in-meaning-making-ai-human/
Generative Art Will Be a Multiplayer Exercise in Meaning-Making
Generative art requires a multiplayer ecosystem in which AI, human creator, and human collector come together to create the meaning.
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Does anyone know how invite codes are unlocked? I now have 2, and feel like I magically reached a new bsky level 🤗
Embarking on my 20 hour journey to Zuzalu 😅 Wish me luck that I make all my connections! The gate agent did…🍀🍀🍀
Point #1 is salient for crypto messaging apps too. Discovery is tough to solve when you can’t rely on existing context (e.g., import phone book)
1. Hard to find friends Without a good import feature I’m literally starting from blank. It was hard to search for friends I know I have. 2. No relevant content to hook me in My first recommended friends list was all Japanese accounts for some reason. A default newsfeed like Twitter would help
Just dropped by a local lunch spot in SF and the shop owner said, “Thank you so much for coming! It is 4/20 so I thought no one going to work.” Lol. I cackled 😂