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“We couldn’t find enough people for our Ponzi scheme, bye” (awful.systems)
submitted 11 months ago by swlabr@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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Just a lil tidbit of news of some web3 based company going away.

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[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)

embedded marketplaces, user-friendly wallets and seamless NFT purchases all essential to attracting a mainstream gaming audience

i happen to think that a gaming audience actually might want a good game, but who i am to judge when the people responsible for the game are crypto bros

[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

@baguettefish @swlabr To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand NFT games

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 17 points 11 months ago

Me, a bigly IQ individual: "These games kind of look like dogshit."

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

It's a hard demographic, people who are able to comprehend your incredibly overcomplicated gaming platform while also not spotting how pointless it all is.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

Ah yes, embedded marketplaces are what the mainstream gaming community clamors for

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm so glad nft died off. Now we can focus on the real web3, which is Web completely devoid of human input, totally automated content generation 24/7, while humans refuge in small fediverse pockets.

[–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 16 points 11 months ago

"the evolution of web3 gaming"

Extinction is a kind of evolution in its final form.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

occurring to me that this server would be a great spot for a crypto skeptic sub, meme stock skeptic sub, etc

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

I'm in as long as it has an embedded marketplace, user-friendly wallet and seamless NFT purchases

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

someone tried starting a r/buttcoin replacement https://awful.systems/c/Buttcoin@kbin.social but it's basically dead

[–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 10 points 11 months ago

Oddly, r/buttcoin is still doing well enough that it's one of the few places I still stop by on reddit. Can't say the same for any community still on twitter, dough.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I see I see. well the subreddit is fine, although I'm not a huge fan of going there and seeing slurs

[–] acausal_masochist@awful.systems 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It would be nice to have a version here without the slurs. I can stand the obnoxious liberal takes, but there's a line somewhere.

[–] self@awful.systems 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

definitely feel free to open an interest check thread for a new community — I’m not against the idea at all, and if there’s enough interest (and maybe a funny name suggestion) I’ll create it

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

i mean, the only name is buttcoin

[–] self@awful.systems 3 points 11 months ago

huh… nothing can actually, technically stop us from starting a buttcoin sub here, can it

[–] self@awful.systems 5 points 11 months ago

I consider it absolutely in scope for TechTakes given our focus (crypto is just one techfash grift among many) and the composition of our community; we can revisit and maybe split off a community if the volume of crypto shit ever gets overwhelming though

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I feel like I don't really want to know what the fuck web3 is.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 11 months ago

You know how digitally you can copy shit for practically free and that's awesome? what if you thought that was awful

[–] earthquake@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The axiomatic definition of web3 as innovation rings a little hollow in such a farewell message.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 4 points 11 months ago

In case you need to go back to the same grift you can’t break kayfabe.