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My Opinion on NFTs
4 years ago
I don't know much about them. I don't have any interest in them. They don't really effect me. So I have no opinion on them.
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I'm tempted to be on the pro-NFT side simply because anti-NFT people are so vocal and vitriolic, while not having any good arguments. And they're almost always a certain kind of person.
What kind of people? I mean far-left, always online, Twitter weirdos that support communism, have pronouns in their bios, and think Donald Trump, Jordan Peterson, Kyle Rittenhouse, and JK Rowling are the four horsemen of the nazi apocalypse.
Their arguments are bad too.
"You can't own something you can download from the internet!" Steam and Gumroad would like a word with you.
"It's bad for the environment!" ...And?
"It's wasting resources on stupid monkey pictures!" And furry porn is okay because...?
"After the initial sale, none of the resale money goes to the artist, even if the value goes up!" That's how the second hand market works. If you sell an old TV, Sony don't get a cut of that.
"Artists should get a cut of re-sale!" Ok, do they also take on the risks as well? To go back to the TV example, if I have to pay to get the TV repaired, or I have to pay to have it disposed of, do the Sony have to pay a percentage? What about the electricity bill?
"If you're not anti-NFT! You're a bad person!" ...And?
The only argument they have that is any way convincing is "NFTs are a scam", but they don't elaborate (see edit).
Which brings me to another point. When your only authoritative source is Jim Sterling, your argument has problems.
In conclusion. NFTs seem to have been turned into the latest partisan political purity test. What's strange is I don't know anyone who is pro-NFT, but I've seen lots of people are extremely anti-NFT, and will rage at people who aren't anti-NFT-enough. It also seems to be an outgrowth of Twitter.
I'm still indifferent to NFT, but the anti-NFT crowd have no argument and seem a bit over zealous.
EDIT- In response to this journal, nerothelime gave me the details of the scam, and was the first person to do so. Basically, the scam is a artificial speculator bubble, similar to Tulips and retro games. If true, this does mean NFTs are a scam, but it's interesting to me that none of the vocal NFT haters could name or spell out the scam. Just saying "it's a scam" and then refusing to elaborate.
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But...
I'm tempted to be on the pro-NFT side simply because anti-NFT people are so vocal and vitriolic, while not having any good arguments. And they're almost always a certain kind of person.
What kind of people? I mean far-left, always online, Twitter weirdos that support communism, have pronouns in their bios, and think Donald Trump, Jordan Peterson, Kyle Rittenhouse, and JK Rowling are the four horsemen of the nazi apocalypse.
Their arguments are bad too.
"You can't own something you can download from the internet!" Steam and Gumroad would like a word with you.
"It's bad for the environment!" ...And?
"It's wasting resources on stupid monkey pictures!" And furry porn is okay because...?
"After the initial sale, none of the resale money goes to the artist, even if the value goes up!" That's how the second hand market works. If you sell an old TV, Sony don't get a cut of that.
"Artists should get a cut of re-sale!" Ok, do they also take on the risks as well? To go back to the TV example, if I have to pay to get the TV repaired, or I have to pay to have it disposed of, do the Sony have to pay a percentage? What about the electricity bill?
"If you're not anti-NFT! You're a bad person!" ...And?
The only argument they have that is any way convincing is "NFTs are a scam", but they don't elaborate (see edit).
Which brings me to another point. When your only authoritative source is Jim Sterling, your argument has problems.
In conclusion. NFTs seem to have been turned into the latest partisan political purity test. What's strange is I don't know anyone who is pro-NFT, but I've seen lots of people are extremely anti-NFT, and will rage at people who aren't anti-NFT-enough. It also seems to be an outgrowth of Twitter.
I'm still indifferent to NFT, but the anti-NFT crowd have no argument and seem a bit over zealous.
EDIT- In response to this journal, nerothelime gave me the details of the scam, and was the first person to do so. Basically, the scam is a artificial speculator bubble, similar to Tulips and retro games. If true, this does mean NFTs are a scam, but it's interesting to me that none of the vocal NFT haters could name or spell out the scam. Just saying "it's a scam" and then refusing to elaborate.
