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who are the most independent thinkers on farcaster? or outside of farcaster that you'd want to see here?

feeling a little jaded by bag bias-driven commentary and short-cycle meta trends and would love to see more fresh takes in my feed

extra points for those who are well-researched or well-read

have you tried the Duels App yet? 

fun way to discover new artists and bet on art that you like. reminds me of how @botto allows you to express (dis)interest in art pieces, but more like @ponder social predictions on art where you (+ artists!) win USDC.

my picks today @psychrome @richarmstrong @dammitpng @janvonp :)

"i'm tired of bag-bias commentary and short-cycle meta trends."

"have you tried betting on art?"

what are we doing here people.

"i'm tired of bag-bias commentary and short-cycle meta trends."

"have you tried betting on art?"

what are we doing here people.

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https://warpcast.com/ted/0x2bc75f41

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i appreciate you engaging without malice or defensiveness, especially as my own cast is deeply colored by disappointment.

for clarity: my position is that gambling on art creates more bags which creates more bag-bias which creates more bag-bias commentary which makes EVEN more people think about bags which creates more people that build gambling mini-apps, and the cycle continues.

gambling doesn't support artists, it creates another Keynesian Beauty Contest. it doesn't create supporters, it attracts extractors. we've seen this play out in the NFT world a gajillion times by now.

curation, discovery, patronage — these are HARD problems. i'm not naive to that.

but supporting gambling is not actually supporting artists. we have very clear evidence at this point that it backfires. 

to me, supporting artists looks like (wait for it) *supporting artists*. 

so: cast about the art you genuinely like. put a spotlight on artists for their work, not the systems that exploit the attention they receive.

i think i know what you're trying to say, but instead of assuming i'm gonna ask you to be direct and clear with your feedback and ask what you would like to see instead?

how is sharing a new mini app with a fresh take on supporting artists bag-bias commentary? genuinely asking