Stumbled across @marmo.eth’s walkntalk video & had to give him a follow.

Valid points yo lol. @pichi I think you’d enjoy this rant as much as I did.

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Stumbled across @marmo.eth’s walkntalk video & had to give him a follow.

Valid points yo lol. @pichi I think you’d enjoy this rant as much as I did. 

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haha! thanks man! @mjc716  crushed it with @walkntalk —one of the best mini apps ever, right up there with @stylizemexyz u back! i want to see and hear some of with walkntalks! honestly, front facing cam has got to be the way we tell the real ones from the bots. it’s so clear to me. soon others will see.

Uh oh 👀 I’m only just now stumbling across it, and all I was able to do I watch a video, and none of the buttons/interaction points worked, as in I couldn’t click @marmo.eth’s profile or the caption to expand it.

I haven’t attempted anything else.

does it still work?! I think I accidentally broke the webhook at some point

Would you consider reuploading  this as a native video? The mini app adds a bit of friction to view it and it’s so worth a watch. 

You capture the emotional side of what I’ve been trying to write about. 

https://paragraph.com/@pichi/the-algos-just-not-that-into-you

yes, this was a point i was desperately trying to make 
was pretty much ignored by the powers that be
crypto people generally believe the way 
to make people do things 
is to pay them in crypto 

it's so hard to explain to them that 
people do things for the love
of doing things
and it's nice and equitable 
to pay them to do the things they love doing 

it's not that the payment makes them do the things
the payment represents gratitude for the things that were done out of love

for better or for worse
most people post on and consume social media
because they enjoy doing it
not for any goal of blowing up or making money 
that's a very small minority of the user base

the reason why base is so much more successful in its narrative
which people mocked so intensely 
the "base is for everyone" narrative
is that base wants to put the crypto parts in the background 
to change the default to onchain

but just as you don't talk about using cloud computing 
when you're doing something on google docs
you shouldn't think about crypto when you're 
using the functionality 
it's just there in the backround 
part of the reality 

playing financial games with people 
ranking them 
giving them crumbs 
and then making them wonder
how do i get more of those crumbs 
pitting them against each other 
with leaderboard dynamics 
that creates an angry feed 
it may drive up engagement in the 
short term but it's 
opportunistic 
and then people crash out 
hard

because the message 
is that they suck 
if they can't put up good numbers

the message is literally  
YOU ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THESE OTHER PEOPLE 

i think that's an odd feature of this 
moment in time 
while people used to secretly think
things like that

now they're definitely saying 
the quiet part out loud

that people with money and power 
more valuable than people without money and power

it's one of the most upsetting things about this moment 

but i think we get back to 
who we really are 
our oneness and togetherness
with art 
with music 
with creativity 
with spirit 
with soul

that can break through all the hyper-financialization 
it can break through all the hardened models
that say this is how you stack up 
in the hierarchy someone  
just created out of thin air

I agree, camera time, selfies in daily context, and walkntalks are all high value points that I am immediately drawn to & more likely to follow/engage with! 

The bot/spam activity is rampant & there’s a level of accountability that comes with showing face!

Also agree with your sentiments on the unintended negative side effects of the reward system. Hyper monetization is indeed a slippery slope that we’ll have to be careful navigating!