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- **Lenserverse New Year Photo with You, Frens! 🎄💚🌿🥳**
May the new year bring more frens, opportunities, change, growth, fun, and peace 🙌
Leave a comment below if you spot yourself in the photo!
(There are many frens I couldn't include in the photo, and I'm sorry for that)
@lens/jessyjeanne @lens/punkess @lens/sababa @lens/eduardmsmr @lens/cmn__ @lens/nader @lens/stani @lens/jamesfinnerty @lens/cristinaspinei @lens/mazemari @lens/larryscruff @lens/zospours @lens/dollowen @lens/0xzelda @lens/carlosbeltran @lens/emrahis @lens/nilesh @lens/gotenks @lens/christina @lens/wagmi @lens/bradorbradley @lens/augustuscaesar @lens/levychain @lens/yoginth @lens/mesutgulecen @lens/iremer @lens/xrami @lens/iamtherealyakuza @lens/0xtommythomas
- **Thanks for Being a Hey Member!**
Your journey with us has been invaluable. By supporting "Hey", you're not just a part of our story, but you're also fueling the vibrant future of **open-source** development. Here's to more innovation and collaboration ahead!
- HNY everyone!
2024 and Lens to me is about finding the unfamiliar again and truly building generational tech and products. Copying what’s come before is the safer and easier choice but doesn’t create the same groundbreaking impact.
I reflect a lot on TikTok, when I joined I knew ByteDance had built something innovative in Asia, but it’s future in the west in wasn’t so clear. My friends thought I was crazy leaving my current situation and didn’t understand what it could become. To everyone now it’s obvious, but back then it wasn’t and disregarded by many before it’s hockey stick growth and inflection point.
Being able to now say I was part of a generational global product now is something I’m very proud of. I’ll never forget being allocated the same desk in NYC WeWork with 12 desks as Zhang Yiming on my first day who was in town and graciously told me to keep it. Or early days having the opportunity to be in meetings with Alex Zhu whose philosophy about social apps as countries and co creation as a social fabric still resonates today and blue print for social builders. Even I didn’t realize it at the time how lucky I was, but I hold these moments today.
It’s why in jumped into web3 finally after many years of being on the surface personally. I had conviction after my bet on ByteDance played out and excited to embark on another.
Next goal is being able to say I was part of infrastructure backbone making possible the next wave of innovative consumer products.
While the power of @lens/lensprotocol may be invisible to most, if there is one thing I’ve learned it’s that game changing tech more than often comes from what not everyone sees.
It’s never what’s familiar and expected to all. That’s why it’s disruptive.
2024 let’s rock.
- Calling all DeFi devs! Applications are open for the first @lens/gho virtual hackathon, hosted by @lens/ethglobal and @lens/aavegrants from January 12-24, 2024.
$ 75,000 in prizes. Sign up today.
https://ethglobal.com/events/lfgho/apply
- How people look at me when I tell them I'm still collecting NFTs
- Hey is...
✓ Onchain
✓ Open-source
✓ Signless + gasless
✓ Community moderated
Join the contributors https://github.com/heyxyz/hey
- **a Collectible Call-to-Action**
Make Friends, Not FOMO #MFNF
Collect to join us. Open for 3 days.
- Let's Make Friendsgiving, Not FOMO 🦃
**🫂 💕 Make Friends, Not FOMO #MFNF**
**{ PRESS START }** Collect this free post on @lens/lensprotocol to skip the app waitlist.
Available for 48 hours⏳
- Who's joining us in Miami?
- Collect friends’ free NFTs, not FOMO this Black Friday 🆓 💎
**Make Friends, Not FOMO #MFNF**
**{ PRESS COLLECT }** Mint this @lensprotocol post to become a member of Firefly's App.
Available to mint now through Cyber Monday ⏰ 🗓️
OP Collectible by @lens/0xtommythomas
- Last chance at @lens/ethglobal İstanbul to mint your @lens/fini
- Gm! He’s an big boy now 🙌🏻💞
His now and before 🤗
- GM frens ❤️ fresh start to the week 😇
Yesterday I had my dinner in this double decker bus which was going to Phavertown😉 and it was indeed a nice experience, similar to our Phavering experience 😍
@lens/dollowen - in real life,it would be awesome to name a town as 'Phavertown'..it's such a nice name 😀🫶
- Introducing embeddable Smart Posts.
Customize and embed posts directly with Lens V2 to unlock new monetization opportunities.
Here's our take on Pay to Read content.
What will you build?
- Web3 is more than a $ number.
Let's make more art.
Let's play more games.
Let's have more fun.
**Let's Make Friends, Not FOMO #MFNF**
**{ PRESS START }** Collect this free post and skip the 50k-person waitlist to become a member of Firefly's app for Web3 natives. Collectible for 7 days.
- gm Devconnect. The GHOsts are in İstanbul 🇹🇷
Say hey to the team on the ground.
- 🚨 GIVEAWAY 🚨 alright frens, I'm giving away this super kioul T-shirt! 🍟😍
📏RULES:
1- Be a @lens/jessyfries Super Follower
👉🏼You can super follow here: https://hey.xyz/u/jessyfries
2- LMCC this post (Like-Mirror - Comment - Collect)
Will announce the winner on Monday 20th November 💕🍟
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ℹ️About the product:
- It’s my Onigiry Pepe #4904 NFT wearing a McDonald’s cap
- Text "fries>gyus" and jessyfries.Lens
- Logos:
@lens/lensprotocol
@lens/orbapp
@lens/lenster
Comes in the size you want 🙊🤳🍟
- Gm, ☁️
🌿What's up, frens?
Posting comments across all the apps got a bit slow for me and I'm getting too many errors when the message couldn't be posted on momoka.
:D Which app is working for you the best after V2 transfer?
(Picture made with ai)
- gm Istanbul ☀️☕️
- Welcome to the first @lens/thisweekon **AMA**.
We are more than happy to introduce our `first guest`, Cointelegraph's #7 of "top people in crypto and blockchain 2023" ( cointelegraph.com/top-people-… ):
✨ @lens/stani ✨
**AMA setup**
▶️ Please ask Stani anything in comments to this post.
▶️ Please ask your questions **before Thursday 9th of November 11:55pm UTC.**
▶️ Stani will start answering our questions from Friday 10th on.
▶️ Please ask 1 question in 1 comment.
▶️ Please check if your question was already asked.
TYSM @lens/stani for joining and happy AMA :-)
- Today, we proudly introduce ourselves as Avara.
Avara is the home to some of the most innovative web3 brands: Aave, Lens Protocol, GHO, Sonar, and now Family, all building towards a people powered internet that benefits all.
We're thrilled to announce the acquisition of Family. With Family, led by Benji Taylor, we're reinforcing our commitment to making web3 accessible through world class product design.
Read the genesis post, penned by @lens/stani.
https://avara.xyz/blog/introducing-avara-and-announcing-acquisition-of-family
- GM Lensfrens! 🌅
A new era is about to begin with @lens/focustree_app 💥
We're seeking for a few #gardeners to plant the first seeds on Lens. Are you among them? 🌱
Secure your place. Collect this genesis post before it's too late ⏲️
Come shape the future with us #focustree_app
- When Lily met Poppy at @lens/ethglobal İstanbul
Find the team on the ground to mint your exclusive @lens/fini
- Lenny is heading to Devconnect and @lens/ethglobal İstanbul
- Field day 2, we can't deny the beauty of nature🏞🌿🌿
- How can LensFrens utilize their Lens handle? 🌿
Publication, comment, mirror, collect, and following are the major concept of LensVerse ensuring immutable user-owned content and social relations.
Let's check out what you can do with your Lens Profile NFT 👀👇
📍@kaira.lens @lenster.lens @youmemeworld.lens @phaver.lens @orbapp.lens @buttrfly.lens @lenstube.lens
- Gm professiionnallllsss,
#FriesGPT is basically just a sexy girly girl talking about fries and heartbreaks. I don’t know what y’all were expecting!
- gm gm ☕️ happy Wednesday ☀️
`poll of the day`
**Would you like to bridge *small* amounts of ETH with #lensfrens ?**
pls comment chains (including Layer 2s ;-)) you would like to bridge tokens from and to. 🤍🙏
@onionclub.lens
*collect revenue goes to* @lenspostxyz.lens *and* @definn.lens**
*~ 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙣 @lenspostxyz - 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙒𝙚𝙗3 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤*
https://snapshot.org/#/polls.lenster.xyz/proposal/0xceaa0e4e2784a459a336de0ed3b5733ebfa2956356752acfdad3366a52f5db82
- Breakfast prepared by my friend, thank you dear 🫶🤗
- Gm☀️
A wonderful day begins with a smile.🙂😊🤗
#Gm #smile
- Gm film lovers ⚡️ **Share a film GIF** that you LOVE!
We'll mirror our favorite ones, and write a behind-the-scenes post about one of them!
In "Kill Bill," the whistling scene is a tense standoff between The Bride and Elle Driver in Budd's trailer. Elle, blinded due to a snakebite, adds to the tension by whistling the eerie tune of "Twisted Nerve," creating a chilling atmosphere during their fight.
- The freeze does not affect Binance accounts owned by ordinary Palestinian civilians.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-freezes-hamas-linked-accounts-israeli-request
- GM y’all & Happy Tuesday
%32 minted ! 26 editions left 💿
Less go ! 👇
https://www.sound.xyz/millionrecords/carvillo-broken-love
- Lake Como Italy🇮🇹
#lakes #mountains #houses
- These chicken wings are paired with perfectly seasoned potato. The ultimate combo for a flavor-packed evening." 🍗🍟😋
- stumpwork - dry cleaning
https://g.co/kgs/Rtehuw
#visualsound
- **$Time Pre-mine community call is here!**
context of call:
- discussing $TIME pre-mine
- what can folks expect
- updates on our STIP proposal
- Q&A
Sign up to the event here to mint your W3ST Badge: https://link3.to/e/3LDiTc
`Don't forget to collect this limited editon post 😉`
- girl standing in a large round glass bowl, in the style of flower power, fujifilm quicksnap disposable camera, rainbowcore, webcam, fairycore --ar 31:22
- On Sep. 16, exchange volume stood at $5.09 million on Binance.US amidst executive departures and ongoing regulatory scrutiny.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binanceus-exchange-volume-slumps-amidst-crisis
- gn
- WOMEN | LIFE | FREEDOM 💙
- 💚 Choose Your Team 💚
We have created teams of great apps for you 🌿
Which team is your favorite? 🤩
📍 @phaver.lens @oohlala.lens @youmemeworld.lens @kaira.lens @pinsta.lens @orbapp.lens @beatsapp.lens @memester-xyz.lens @diversehq.lens @lenstaxyz.lens @buttrfly.lens @lenspostxyz.lens @rehash.lens @socllyhq.lens @ensocollective.lens
- introducing my fur baby to @marenaltman.lens’s kitties. My kitty is hiding from them. she only comes out to cuddle with me. aw.
- Smug’s Powerful Mural in Greenock, Scotland: A Conversation Starter for Normalizing Breastfeeding.
Specially for @cmn__ 😌🔥
#streetart #art #mural #lensprotocol
- Look at the sky and greet the world.
- Hey Lens Fam!!
Big Thanks to our amazing guests @jamesfinnerty.lens and @arterlioz.lens for joining us in the Spaces today! 🙌
Your insights added so much to the conversation.
🙏 A special shoutout to each and every one of you who attended the session! Your presence and engagement truly make these discussions special.
We also want to apologize for the tech issues we faced at the end of the session.
We're dedicated to delivering the best experience, and we'll be addressing these hiccups with the @buttrfly.lens team.
Soon, we'll release the audio recordings of the show on Lens Platforms FIRST as usual.
Stay tuned Bros and Sis.
Much love and beers for you 😁
- **Grayscale** has just won their lawsuit against the SEC.
The U.S. might just get its FIRST spot #Bitcoin ETF after a historic court ruling.
The Grayscale #Bitcoin Trust had been trading at a discount to its underlying asset since February 2021, with the discount reaching a record 50% in December after the SEC's rejection.
However, the discount narrowed to around 25% as optimism grew following applications for bitcoin spot ETFs.
In summary, a federal appeals court's ruling mandates the SEC to review its rejection of #Grayscale's attempt to convert GBTC into an ETF, potentially impacting the #crypto market and paving the way for the first spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S.22375,280
- `getting started` with #lens in 5 steps 🪴 [August 2023 update]
(0 a) maybe consider adding some information about yourself and a pfp to your profile before you start.
(0 b) "hello world" posts get quite some attention ... 😉 . (if you can post something related to what you are interested in ... 🎇 -> People you start following might take a look at your profile and follow if they are interested in the content you share.) Find one great example at the end of the post.
(1) https://lists.inlens.xyz/lists/818891525288558593 - list of great profiles to start your lens journey ... you will discover a ton, worth following profiles in the communities of people in this list. lists.inlens.xyz/ in general is a great starting point.
(2) find your twitter contacts on lens: inlens.xyz/ * (not everyone with a lens profile, active on twitter, is very active on lens (yet ;-)). Maybe consider connecting with new people, sharing interesting content on lens.)
(3) probably you read this post on @lenster.lens . If you are interested in lens mobile apps, @orbapp.lens and @buttrfly.lens are at the moment - imo - the most advanced general purpose lens mobile apps. One of the beautiful things regarding lens is that it doesn't matter which lens app you use, every lens app has access to the same content and social graph.
(4) what you share on lens is stored and publicly available for a very long time. Probably forever. You can hide posts, comments and mirrors. But that's a front-end feature, the data is still available and publicly accessible.
(5) "collects" are a very powerful concept, adding a NFT version of the post to your address (4th symbol below a post on @lenster.lens ). Collects can be monetised -> creators can use collect fees to earn money on lens.
one more thing :-) being active, commenting on posts and topics you are interested in goes a long way. Of course there is a chance that your posts will be discovered, commented and mirrored, but you increase the probability of being discovered dramatically with valuable comments. @jeanmi.lens : "be yourself, try to engage with people, sharing images seems to accelerate engagement/growth, people love to 'GM'"
It is quite challenging to get attention, especially for new profiles. A few approaches to get more visibility:
**[1]** @animators.lens started on lens drawing lens PFPs https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x0108fb-0x75 . Imo still one of the best (high quality) growth hacks I’ve seen on lens yet (0 to 100 followers). Maybe you can think of something inspired by @animators.lens ’ idea based on your talent and skills.
**[2]** consider joining communities on @diversehq.lens (e.g. you can post directly to the @mixtape.lens feed, be active in the #lensfit community or join c/food) and/or communities on @orbapp.lens .
**[3]** consider contributing content to the weekly @thisweekon.lens highlight series ( https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x01d898-0x04 ) or other content threads. (Keep an eye on @ryanfox.lens ;-).)
**[4]** consider participating in campaigns / events on lens or create an event (maybe check out #OPENLENS for reference). (If you plan to create something please feel free to reach out 🤍)
**[5]** consider joining lens spaces on @buttrfly.lens .
**[6]** @ profiles you think your content is relevant for or you would like to get input from. Pls be selective and not spammy.
`cover artists of the month`
**TYSM** @eastie.lens for creating this beautiful getting started cover 🤍🙏.
Collect is the #lens super power. The “getting started” post is a 333 limited edition (0.3 WMATIC with 50% mirror fee share, the collect fee goes 100% to the artists.)
What does it mean? You can collect one of 333 available NFTs of @eastie.lens ‘ awesome artwork (and this post :-)). If you mirror the post and the post will be collected via your mirror, you will get 0.15 WMATIC. The revenue generated from the collect fee will go directly to the artists’ address.
Is there any utility? Everyone who collects this post can suggest and vote on the next “getting started” cover artist.
`advanced topics`
**other mobile apps**: @converseapp.lens ( @xmtplabs.lens mobile messaging app), @lenstaxyz.lens image focused lens mobile app.
**other browser apps**: @pinsta.lens pin lens content, create and publish pinsta boards. @beatsapp.lens music focused lens app. @focalize.lens browser extension for posting on lens. @youfolio.lens trading lens creator tokens. @dumpling.lens video platform on lens. @diversehq.lens Reddit inspired lens app. @collectz.lens amazing app to share what you’ve collected and what’s for sale (eg https://collectz.xyz/u/cavernaeremita/forsale ). @lenspeer.lens social media platform supporting ERC-6551 wallets. @buttrfly.lens for web.
**video**: @lenstubelogs.lens videos on lens. @glassxyz.lens protocol for decentralised video.
**market place**: @lensport.lens buy and sell collects, create token gated posts, ... .
**fun**: @memester-xyz.lens create memes easily and publish directly on lens. www.lyrical.world (#LensAI) create ai generated images and publish on lens. @amnisiac.lens listen to music in your feed or other profile's feed (e.g. @mixtape.lens ). @truthordare.lens ;-). @lensgardennft.lens dynamic activity based NFTs. word cloud generator by @rickydata.lens https://lens-wordcloud.streamlit.app . Lens circles by @juancito.lens circles.inlens.xyz .
**games** : Lensbird the Lens version of Flappybird by @thefriendly.lens ( https://lensbird.onfriendly.io )
**tools**: @chainjet.lens automate processes, like notifications ( @remindmebot.lens 👀). https://lens.sepana.io very powerful lens search. @lensdropxyz raffle tokens based on constraints (e.g. 1 of the profiles who collected post xyz will get a NFT). @wav3s.lens incentivise people to mirror or comment content. @madfinance.lens Lens Bounties, allowing creators to earn "by creating a Lens post using the creative direction of a brand". @letsrally.lens lens spaces. @wagmifund.lens decentralised crowd funding platform. @ethpass.lens add your lens profile to Apple or google wallet. postter.xyz schedule posts. @socllyofficial.lens “creator-centric” toolkit.
**data**: profile.lenskit.xyz profile overview with a github like activity board. https://dune.com/xmc2/lens-profiler get an overview of your lens statistics. friesGPT by @jessyfries.lens x @attraction.lens
**ready to test**: @lensplayxyz.lens video browsing, @lenshareapp.lens video platform, @converseapp.lens mobile messaging (android). @chromadin.lens “A din of iridescent static fills the air as you tune into intercepted signals. Beyond the boundaries of conventional networks you are here, live at the edge of an irrevocable threshold.” :-) @ensocollective digital closet. @lenspostxyz.lens canva for web3 socials & collaborative design.
**coming soon**: @onboardapp.lens general purpose app. #theDial by @emmajane1313.lens . @natasocial (aka LensTags) content discovery and organisation. https://www.chesswithfrens.com/ chess with lens frens by @krantz.lens . @t2world.lens social network around reading and writing.
**lens protocol stats** - provided by @buttrfly.lens (weekly posts + comments):
@lenster.lens 61.8%
@phaver.lens 19.7%
@orbapp.lens 8.4%
@buttrfly.lens 1.9%
@lenstubelogs.lens 1.0%
@chainjet.lens 0.9%
If you are interested in content distribution and increasing your reach on lens, maybe the following post is a good starting point: https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x017566-0xdf (e.g. @bvdaniel.lens combined his introduction post with an eye catching visual (only follower can collect) and an incentivised mirror (+100 followers ). 120+ collects, 80+ mirrors, 40+ comments ...)
@luduvigo.lens wrote two great posts “How to grow on Lens ...” https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x0132-0x02a5 https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x0132-0x036d and maybe take a look what he did with the content in the following days. 👀
* might be not available due to the recent restrictions on twitter.
`list of lens apps` https://www.lens.xyz/apps
► July 2023 update with cover art by @jessyjeanne.lens https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x0f85-0x1a16
► June 2023 update with cover art by @arterlioz.lens and @cybershakti.lens https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x0f85-0x18d0
► May 2023 update with cover art by @chaoticmonk.lens https://lenster.xyz/posts/0x0f85-0x1793
#gettingstarted #5steps #newonlens #howto #onboarding
- For anyone interested we have an X (Twitter) Space about to start:
https://twitter.com/ReviseNFT/status/1689527548344991744