web3christian (@web3christian) • Hey
Web3 Musician, Filmmaker & Community Builder. Helped Curate/Produce @SearchNFTs #Cr3ativeX w/ @URCONDUIT
@NewFriendTech @Artw__rld & @AsyncArt next to @NFT
Publications
- "not a dj", but young thrift gawd is a vibe whisperer est. lit nft gang discord days. They mixed music from my new album "EVOLUTION" into "3VOLUTION", a mini generative project perfect for the dance floor and the party in your headphones. Three celebratory volumes, three vibes, three destinations, and now vol. ii has landed on Riff! *all collectors welcome to join my inner circle, a token-gated hybrid community chatting about music, live-streams, cosmic tings, and irl meetups. visual art by a.i. charm music by charm taylor x young thrift gawd
- Diggin the soulful beat and deep lyrics on this. just picked up 3!
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Quoting @moonmant.lens : lensport.io/p/106982_25
When your soul talks, listen to the sound ⭐️
- Congrats on the EP and tour Dom!
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Quoting @domdeshawn.lens : lensport.io/p/106982_23
BeforeParadise: Spring Tour 2023🌺
New EP otw & shows this spring! Have put literal years into these new projects and can’t wait to share this new music live in concert. #AfterhOurz🌙
4/15 Columbus, OH
4/22 Youngstown, OH
4/26 NYC
5/6 Columbus, OH
- Ryan you're spot on about Lens!
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Quoting @ryanfox.lens : lensport.io/p/106982_22
I know I go on about this stuff and I apologize to anyone bored by it but I’ve been analyzing social networks since 2004, before we even understood them to be “social networks.” I understand incentives, moats, feedback loops, flywheels, etc…This is not guesswork, it’s 19 years of watching networks compete and determining why winners won and losers failed. I firmly believe Lens has the best structural model for our future. It’s obvious to me. So I’m sorry if you’ve heard this before but I’m going to keep going on and on about this until stuff actually gets built (and I know it will):
NFTs enable social networks.
They are data in a shared database.
Anyone can take that data and build an app which uses it.
If you reverse this stack it becomes infinitely easier to build everything:
Anyone can build any app.
Put the data for that app in the shared database.
Social networks can form around the data.
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Data Creation
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Social networks require data creation to survive. To get and retain more users you need more data being created. This is difficult. Most people on a social network never (or rarely) create content. This is known as the 90-9-1 Rule:
90% of users lurk
9% contribute a little
1% account for almost all of the content
TikTok has incredible solutions for this: Stitches, Duets, etc. Remixing existing data makes it easier for users to create.
The apps on Lens so far have been mostly focused on getting web2-type creators to create data. “Here’s my photo, here’s my music. Please pay me and you get a digital receipt.”
The creators here trying to break that mold (myself included!) are doing so haphazardly. In a database where anyone can create any type of data, the creators here are creating data in their own formats. I’m using my collected posts differently than @arterlioz.lens is which is different than how @chaoticmonk.lens is which is different than how @jessyjeanne.lens is.
Standards enable faster creation:
When Instagram created tools for square photos + filters people were able to quickly create data in that format.
When Instagram enabled carousels, the entire user base was able to create that data quickly.
When Instagram created Stories, the entire user base was able to create that data quickly.
When Instagram created Reels, the entire user base was able to create that data quickly.
Instagram doesn’t allow users to upload any random data, they create the tools first. The tools determine what the data looks like. A Reel is a very specific type of data in a database, for example.
In my opinion, almost all of web3 suffers this problem. Web3 is focused on creating the data first and figuring out the tools later. I’m trying to point out that doing the opposite will achieve faster, greater results.
Create the tool first.
Use NFTs as the data.
Reddit Avatars are a great example of building the tool first.
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Collects
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Right now collecting posts here is like Facebook + Patreon. It’s mildly interesting.
Remember the 90-9-1 rule?
Data Sovereignty is niche. The 1% care. The 90% don’t care about the database they’re using, they want to consume engaging content.
Lens’ Super Power:
Collects are a data creation flywheel!
Collecting is a new form of data/content creation. Lens’ biggest advantage by far has been almost completely ignored to date.
Collecting turns the 90% into creators. Incentivizing collecting means more data is created, more users become creators, and more creators are incentivized to create on Lens.
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I beg any and all devs to please think of this stack when building here:
-Build an app with very specific data.
-Use NFTs (collects) as the database.
Incentivize collecting by utilizing the collects as data in your app. Usage, creation, and adoption will skyrocket for those who focus on the “collecting” side of the creator/collector equation.
The following tweet inspired this post:
https://twitter.com/nikitabier/status/1645817059224489987?s=46&t=NqnqeEyWB5cKHDeTzLzYxA
- Very cool looking event happening this Friday during #NFTNYC2023 Love the concept of thousands of video/arcade games being included.
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Quoting @flavdotio.lens : lensport.io/p/106982_21
Super excited to announce I'm gonna be performing this Friday during NYC NFT!
Super awesome Bar Lounge with Hundreads of Arcade games and VR games included with admission...
Super excited to perform my set here...it's a whole other world live....
https://www.coexistgaming.com/event-details/elf-of-nyc-at-nft-nyc
Links ^^^^ for tickets....
Would love to see some lens fam and put NEW YORK ON TO THE FUTURE!!!!!
What song do you want me to perform?
- Lens savage growth is inevitable!
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Quoting @nicolaskokkalis.lens : lensport.io/p/106982_20
I have a hunch that a singularity of decentralized innovation is coming, maybe starting with the lens🌿
Collect this image and let's wait for lens' savage growth😎
- Loving the run when you sing walking many miles! Great song Bob!
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Quoting @bobpeace.lens : lensport.io/p/106982_19
Appreciate all the new follows! I’m Bob ✌🏽 I spend my days making 🎼 and generally trying not to be a bad human 😉 good day sers sersettes n nonbinaries 🫂 ☮️ ❤️ 🎵
- This song is super funky and groovy. Diggin the visuals too! Have no doubt Rem and Cy will be performing together at Coachella at some point in the future. Hold the vision! You got this!
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Quoting @remcycles.lens : lensport.io/p/106982_18
Releasing this full masterpiece on sound. xyz today. Follow this link to check out the full song and collect if you feel called to! 0.02 eth per mint and there are only 25 editions availible to mint. Very grateful for the space, for lens, and beats bringing music closer intimately to everyone. https://www.sound.xyz/remcycles/staminup-30
- ICYMI
- Campfire Sessions are back! 🏕️🔥
This time at #SXSW2023 thanks to @lensprotocol and friends 🤗🌿
Nobody touches grass more than @saikochild.lens
Stay tuned for more pics and vids 😎
Holla at us if you’re in Austin, Texas this week!
#web3music #bytes #sxsw #artists @creators.lens
- Back again with another update for the 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔 & 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 playlist. As I continue to build on @lensprotocol.lens I’m curious to see the crossover between Web3 & Web2 users and platforms. Right now it’s on Spotify, but I have my eye on building on Web3 as well. Like, share and all that, appreciate y’all✨https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21UCHlGIpdm333mdGPUV0k?si=Dlnp9LaaR6eCexLY8hx8cQ
- Here is a little snipppet of this loving drop of mine! I define Springtime as a great time in the beggining of the year to appreciate what you have, and generate excitement for what life is going to throw at you next!
Produced and Mixed by me <3
Dropping this Wednesday with limited editions!!
Would love to reply to any comments and feedback... all love always <3
Favorite bar?
- Nobody asked, but here’s my 2 MATIC on Instagram’s recent announcement concerning the shutdown of their short lived NFT pilot:
If you’re in web3 and you’re surprised or disappointed about Instagram sunsetting their digital collectibles initiative, that therein lies the issue.
You cannot say that you are working towards mass adoption without considering the wants and needs of traditional consumers.
Ask 10 people that you know outside of the web3 space how they felt about Instagram removing NFTs and you’re likely to receive one of three responses:
1) I didn’t know that they had them
2) I didn’t care that they had them
3) I didn’t like that they had them
Digital collectibles on Instagram predominantly appealed to folks who were already leveraging blockchain, but they didn’t really move the needle for their web2 consumer base, aka 99.9% of their users.
I personally found it exciting that Instagram decided to dabble with NFTs, similarly to how Reddit, Inc. and Spotify are doing so. Nonetheless, their decision to reevaluate shouldn’t be condemned.
It’s still early. The way NFTs have been introduced to the general public has been less than ideal. And it certainly doesn’t help that seemingly every week, there is a new crisis in crypto.
We have a very long way to go before mass adoption becomes a feasibility.
Instead of being upset by setbacks, let’s shift our focus to how we approach creating opportunities for web2 natives to participate in the web3 landscape by meeting them where they are.
More importantly, this is obviously a great opportunity for @lensprotocol.lens to further solidify itself as the leader in digital collectibles on social.
I had the privilege of being a member of the latest Lens @creators.lens accelerator cohort and I’m confident that despite market conditions, Lens will continue to facilitate innovative ways for creators of all kinds to thrive in the world of web3 social.
I’m looking forward to witnessing how the landscape will continue to evolve over the course of the next few quarters. And I’m even more excited about being an early adopter during this time.
Here’s to the future of the intersection of digital collectibles and social media 🥂
#web3 #instagram #blockchain #svb #marketing #uiux #polygon #creatoreconomy #socialmedia
- Touring, going overseas, finally dropping some vinyl… A few goals before the year is over.
- lol although I kinda dislike the tedious work, I still send out press releases, hit up writers, playlist curators for every release. At least the process has gotten a lot easier throughout all these years.
- Your mint price doesn't define your value.
Your impact on the culture does.
- Music NFTs.
- Music NFTs
- GM ☕️ to everyone who’s interested in using new AI tools. I’ve spent today using Runway’s #GEN1 product and it’s really powerful! It can generate new video by using an existing video as a foundation and then applying text/image/video prompts to modify. So you can upload a video of yourself and apply an image of a superhero and it will turn you into the superhero.
For today’s video I knew I wanted to use my coffee setup as the location but I left the creative direction up to wherever Gen-1 would take us. We explored ideas around creature comforts and eventually landed on the concept of a GM from the creatures which secretly inhabit my desk. Enjoy!
#BYTES #RUNWAY #RUNWAYML #GEN1 #COFFEE #GM #CreatureComforts #Monsters #Creatures #ComfortCreatures #AIVideoArt #DigitalArt #Claymation #StopMotion #AnimationArt #VideoArtists #ArtificialIntelligence
- AL3C - Sunday Solo #03
Revisiting a classic this week - Tadow by the greats Masego & FKJ 🔥 🎷
5 available to collect for 5 WMATIC
AL3C - Sunday Solo #03 - February 26th, 2023
- **Collect this snippet of "You're in Love" for free!**
It's one of my submissions**** to @tkthelegend.lens's Eternal Garden Master Collection producer challenge!
TK gave us this opportunity to use samples & loops from his latest album ,*Eternal Garden,* via kits.io. It was super cool to see everyone's songs & takes with the sounds provided.
Made in collaboration with my producer & friend FuzzMack!
*Listen to both our submissions here*: https://www.kits.io/packs/3?tab=tracks
@mixtape.lens
- my genesis snippet on lens. [:
here's a taste of my newest mint "studio", now available as a 1/1 on catalog. [:
produced by j marcell. art by shawntel.
link to auction: https://beta.catalog.works/imaneurope/studio-