Post by @tinyrainboot • Hey
Man, I follow so many incredible artists in Web2, I so wish they would hurry up and start adopting Web3. One of my favorite comic artists takes a hard line
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- I am pro NFTs and pro digital art, but I’m not convinced by the argument that NFTs give you full ownership of your work. It definitely gives you the sense of ownership, and for those who are interested in playing within the rules, it creates a certain narrative around progeny, but real, holistic ownerships??
That said, I’m all in. Lets get there, or discover a new and better use for this tech!
- Would be happy to talk to that artist 🎨and help to talk about how NFTs are empowering people
- I believe that social media influences play an important role here as well. People promote NFTs as either jpegs or Ponzi schemes.
Another factor that I believe makes artists dislike them is one that we all have in common. We have a fear of change. When something new appears, we often dislike it at first because it disrupts our comfort zone, even though we will eventually be unable to live without it. Consider social media or the internet. They were hated at first, but now, no one can live without them. NFTs and AI, in my opinion, are in the same boat.
Two factors, in my opinion, can entice artists to join the space are:
1. To be more Curios.
Curisoity must be instilled in their hearts and minds, as it is the only way for them to overcome any influences and join the space. Curiosity may drive them to create that wallet, release their NFT, or begin using AI.
2. I believe that hearing more artists discuss their experiences with NFTs or AI can help them overcome the barrier that prevents them from using them. People-to-people connections can elicit the appropriate emotions, providing artists with the necessary push.
Aside from these two, I agree that complexity can be frightening for some, but I believe that through each of the two examples, complexity can be defeated.
- They get more social benefits taking an anti-NFT stance than a pro-NFT stance.
- Spielberg still shoots on film although he now finally edits his movies digitally. Took him forever to make the change. Some people embrace the medium they came up on as part of the art. Give it time.
- That's true, i agree. Many incredible digital artists are against AI, and crypto and nft, they somehow mix it all together into one evil category. 🤷♀️
- They will come on their own time. There are not enough collectors too! We want them to come on board simultaneously. Balance is important!
- A few reasons. It became an in-group signal for a lot of digital artists to be anti-NFT, influenced by toxic, terminally online Twitter artists like RJ Palmer. AI art is the new engagement fuel that they feed into their perpetual hate machines.
The PFP craze also set back the space by years. So many people whose first and only experience with NFTs was a Fiverr cartoon animal rug that they paid hundreds of dollars in gas + mint price for. They ain’t coming back any time soon. At the same time, getting lucky with a cartoon animal could net you thousands of dollars in profit. Made the whole space look frivolous and nonsensical .
- That artist probably doesn't fully understand all the benefits and empowerment that NFTs can bring
- I suppose what is the incentive for them to switch if they are already successful on web2 and their base hates web3?
- I believe that hearing more artists discuss their experiences with NFTs or AI can help them overcome the barrier that prevents them from using them. People-to-people connections can elicit the appropriate emotions, providing artists with the necessary push.
- I think the more we try to force web3 on them the more they run away. I’ve had talks with Web3 sceptici and the best thing you can have is them asking questions out of interest. The moment you start to “sell” it to them, they go into defense mode. Let them discover, eventually they come organically.