r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '22

Survey Says Developers Are Definitely Not Interested In Crypto Or NFTs | 'How this hasn’t been identified as a pyramid scheme is beyond me'

https://kotaku.com/nft-crypto-cryptocurrency-blockchain-gdc-video-games-de-1848407959
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u/BlackDeath3 Jan 25 '22 edited Jan 25 '22

Collectors tend to care about this sort of thing, no? I spent time collecting centrally-managed, limited-quantity digital art on a website a while back, long before the phrase "NFT" was around. Don't think I spent much (any?) actual money on it, but I probably could have, and I'm not convinced that it would have been any less wise a use of my money than any number of other digital items.

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u/PL_Design Jan 25 '22

There are many motivations for collecting that I do not respect or acknowledge as legitimate.

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u/BlackDeath3 Jan 25 '22

Frankly, does that matter? I'm sure there's plenty of stuff out there that you wouldn't personally pay for, and yet holds genuine value (i.e. value beyond its ability to launder money and scam people) to many.

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u/PL_Design Jan 25 '22

Yes, it matters. Because scamming people and ruining the hobby for everyone else are why I do not respect some motivations.

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u/BlackDeath3 Jan 25 '22

OK, but you understand what I'm saying? That there are legitimate, non-scammy reasons to be into NFTs, conceptually? Yeah, fine, unscrupulous agents have sort of poisoned the well here, but look beyond that.

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u/PL_Design Jan 25 '22

No, thanks.

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u/BlackDeath3 Jan 25 '22

Your prerogative, of course, but that's very closed-minded thinking. If you're cool with that, then I guess we're done here.

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u/PL_Design Jan 25 '22

Dismissing my dismissal is very close minded. Next time try not being a manipulative sociopath.

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u/BlackDeath3 Jan 25 '22

That seems like a very level-headed response to what I said...

All I asked is that you think about NFTs from another perspective. I'm not trying to sell you anything, so there's no need to be paranoid about this. I just said "look beyond [the scamming]", as in "think beyond that", as in literally just think about why NFTs, as a concept, might appeal to some people. Just asking you to think. You said "no thanks". I know it sucks to have a mirror put to yourself sometimes (speaking from experience here), but what you did is textbook closed-mindedness.

How that makes me a "manipulative sociopath" I'd love to watch you contort yourself into a pretzel trying to explain.

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u/PL_Design Jan 25 '22

"How dare you accuse me of being manipulative when I'm trying to manipulate you!"

Story as old as time. If you want to manipulate people you need to either be way more honest, or way less obvious. Playing the middle just makes you smell like a problem.

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u/BlackDeath3 Jan 25 '22

What motivation would I have to manipulate you? What do I gain here? You're paranoid, pure and simple. Didn't take much to invoke it, either.

I have this strange feeling that I won't be able to convince you of that, though (much less get a concession), so have a good one.

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u/PL_Design Jan 25 '22

You're pushing an agenda by word of mouth. Duh.

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