artlu 🎩
@artlu
An earnest steelman question, to those who interpreted that 10k Pro subscriptions sold out entirely due to NFT-related speculation-- How to explain 12K now (20% more)? Some are mistakes, sure, but what percentage in crypto gets completely mistaken? Like, buy a right to an NFT but the team has said clearly upfront there's only going to be 10K NFTs. Personally, I think it's mostly the promise of airdrops (based on return of CT influenzas and my number of new follows). Combined with some europooor true believers who also like to sleep. Plus the general opportunists who see a rich crowd with willing and loose wallets. If the first 10K had 20-50% hopeful extractooors, I feel the next 2K is probably in the same ballpark. It's also a net good that Farcaster has 12K+ subscribers, all of whom come up for renewal in a year (not in one month!). It's on the team to deliver value to be able to continue the game.
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Sinaver Idrisov
@sinaver.eth
I had a similar thought initially that majority of the people subscribed due to NFT, but soon realised maybe ~10k is the Farcaster limit of how many would subscribe regardless, that's why we don't see more subscriptions too. So it's likely both reasons.
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Phunk 🎩
@0xphunk.eth
When it was a #1k NFT included with the sub, I was ready to jump on it because it was a mint in my mind, with the bonus of supporting fc/creators. I still would have bought it, but I would have been ready like a mint. When it changed to 10k it switched back to being a subscription for the app I like the most + a bonus if early. I didn’t sub for hours, no rushing I think there are a lot of similar people who still want the subscription to support fc +features. Buut I do realize the allure of a piece of flair & a dream is a powerful force Of course there was tons of speculation, this is crypto. Feels like a lot of genuine support though, the 2k additional subs seems to show that
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