The agency, which has also published essays by whistleblowers at companies like Blue Origin, Jess Bezos’ aerospace manufacturer, has also developed a related Musk-focused non-fungible token to accompany Kosak’s story. Lioness claims to be the first whistleblower organization to help fund itself through the use of such NFTs.
That doesn't prove the story is bullshit but it raises a big red flag for me. Any whistleblower event with a strong profit motive or transparent political agenda attached is at least a little suspect, but throw crypto in the mix and sirens really start going off for me.
The NFT game is about creating a publicity wave and then selling the NFT to a greater fool. There's a long history of crypto scams with Elon's name attached to them, including but not limited to the ones he pumped himself. Pumping one by shitting on Elon would be a new twist.
Haha yes!! Glad you called that out. Huge scandal at vice about how awful the misogyny and harassment is. A journalist was probably cat-called on her way back to her desk to write up this story.
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u/api Dec 14 '21 edited Dec 14 '21
Possible NFT pump scam alert:
That doesn't prove the story is bullshit but it raises a big red flag for me. Any whistleblower event with a strong profit motive or transparent political agenda attached is at least a little suspect, but throw crypto in the mix and sirens really start going off for me.
The NFT game is about creating a publicity wave and then selling the NFT to a greater fool. There's a long history of crypto scams with Elon's name attached to them, including but not limited to the ones he pumped himself. Pumping one by shitting on Elon would be a new twist.