Why do we collect social media posts here?

What good does having photos from @chaoticmonk.lens and @grams.lens in my wallet do me? Why on Earth would you collect a @chriscomrie.lens podcast or a monthly guide to Lens by @punkess.lens ??

Patronage? Show of support?

Okay, but we can do better. A wallet is like a personal cloud service, it’s a locker for your files. There’s (effectively) not much difference between an iCloud/Dropbox account and an Ethereum wallet.

We can create apps that store and retrieve data in a wallet. We can also leverage AI to use your collected data when generating new data.

I collect social media posts because at some point I’m going to be writing a post or making a video and AI will be able to show what my influences were and how those ideas were probably introduced to me. I’ll be able to list my influences and cite my sources.

I imagine in 2033 I’m going to be writing about the early days of Lens, the glorious beta years, and I’ll be able to talk to my ChatGPT assistant which is trained on my collected data, including Alice’s writings. It will be able to reference her guide and Chris’ podcast, answer my specific questions for things I don’t quite remember, and I’ll be able to generate a new photo in the style of @arterlioz.lens

The last era of social media gave everyone Followers. The next era will give everyone Supporters and Users.

Collect this to become a future User of mine 🙃