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So, it seems like weāre at a bit of an intersection with how Lens protocol is used, perceived, and valued by its users. Lately Iāve noticed some discussion on how we define the roles people play in the ecosystem. So this post is just a way for me to document it and get it straight.
Hereās what Iāve gathered so far:
USERS = Anyone (preferably a human, although no slight to AI accounts that are cool) who creates a profile to use the applications built on Lens. Maybe you post, maybe you just lurk; but your contribution might be less frequent than others. Youāre probably well versed in web3, but thereās a chance you might feel that youāve still got some ānormieā vibes. You feel good about sharing useful information on the network, and appreciate genuine connections with other users.
CREATORS = You make content, intentionally. You embrace creating things āonchainā and these āthingsā could be anything really; thoughts, inspirational posts, shit-posts, images, videos, podcasts, memes, GIFs, frames, polls, etc. You are the public-facing persona of the network. When a new user joins, they will likely get a healthy dose of ā¦ you! You post frequently, at least once or several times a day. People remember your PFP.
ARTISTS = When you hear the word ācreatorā you often feel that it relates directly to you, but then feel confused when you notice there are software devs in your ācreator groupāā¦ š¤· Artists make a specific type of content; visual art, painting, photography, music, video, digital media, 3D assets, graphic design, pottery, crafts, dance, etc. You are here to find collectors, sell your work, live off your art (or at least pay a couple bills with it). You know your work has the potential to change the world and the people in it, but you are humble and self-critical, and stay under the radar ā or you donāt; and you know you are fucking awesome, and donāt hesitate to tell people.
INFLUENCERS = All of the above, but your aim is to sway the narrative of the social network, to bring people into your way of thinking, to create a sense of NEED in people (that probably didnāt exist before they saw your post). You are the harbingers of FOMO. You MOST LIKELY GET PAID to post things about other projects and companies, even though you make it look like your content is āorganicā and āauthenticā.
FOUNDERS = Basically you run a business. Hopefully it is ethical. You use the network to convince people to use your product. Hopefully your product doesnāt rug people. Youāre still early.
FREELANCERS = You help founders get shit done. You are probably a jack-of-all-trades, likely an artist. You use the network in a similar way as an influencer, but you are way more transparent about the people that are paying you to do things.
DEVELOPERS = You ship. Then you ship again. People love you. Then they get mad at you. Then you ship. And then they love you again. Then you shipā¦ There is likely pizza involved somewhere in this.
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If youāve read this far, hopefully youāll get the sense that Iām jesting a little, and making light of how we take these roles too seriously sometimes.
HOWEVERā¦ in my humble opinion, I do think that this network would grow in a positive way if people were more forthright about the roles they CHOOSE to take on. I know that I am likely a USER, but also contribute as an ARTIST and FREELANCER at times. I could consider myself a CREATOR, but still not sure entirely what that meansā¦ In the end, thereās not a lot of mystery to it.
So what roles do you play, frens? Did I miss any?
āIn quantum mechanics, the observer and the system being observed became mysteriously linked so that the results of any observation seemed to be determined in part by actual choices made by the observer.ā
āThe observer effect is the fact that observing a situation or phenomenon necessarily changes it.ā
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Am I the only one that finds the āShare on Lensā button never works on third-party platforms?
Iām on mobile, and have @hey running in a browser in Zerion (same app I minted from), also have @orb @buttrfly @Phaver and the @kaira pwa installed. But Iām realizing that button is actually specific to Hey.
Itās happened many times where I click the little @lens logo which opens Hey in another browser tab. But then nothing happensā¦ in comparison to Warpcast, TG and X which auto-composes a post for me.
Fixable? And is it possible for the āShare on Lensā button to accommodate other Lens apps? Like, could it open a prompt that lets you choose what app to post from? Otherwise this should be a āShare on Heyā button, with the Hey logo, no? š§
Fixing this would help with artist discovery/ promotion on Lens, imo. We need to be mindful that people use different apps on Lens, which was a huge part of the initial on-boarding to the protocol. It doesnāt feel nice to see one or two apps be given preferential treatment as the āmainā Lens apps.
Devs and artists - discuss!!
(Full disclosure, these are my personal thoughts which Iāve had long before I started working with Buttrfly.)
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My custom Swatch ā±ļø
I owned a Swatch when I was about 12 years old, around the time I was first learning how to skateboard on a Tony Hawk mini deck, wearing my Converse high tops and tapered jeans with safety pins.
One evening last year I was drinking some beer, watching Powell & Peralta Bones Brigade videos and feeling really nostalgic. So, I decided to buy this watch as a reminder of the feeling of being a kid in the 80s and 90s. Everything felt fresh, new, and a little revolutionary.
It serves as a quick reference to that time for me, but has also become a great conversation piece. I thought the @genx folks here might appreciate.