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PoliticAverse

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29. If it is a somewhat famous picture you get your name linked to it and if you pay a lot...

Fri Feb 18, 2022, 05:17 PM

Feb 2022

you get your name in some news stories, so it can be an ego/publicity thing.

For example:
https://gizmodo.com/disaster-girl-finally-gets-the-ca-h-money-she-deserv-1846772804

No you can't really do anything with it other than sell it.

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NFTs aren't art -- they're just the Cult of Crypto's latest scam [View all] Doc Sportello Feb 2022 OP

Olson's long video explanation of NFTs and Crypto... PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #1

Thanks for posting Doc Sportello Feb 2022 #3

I've been watching this. It's well researched. GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #37

NFTs explained: Pinback Feb 2022 #2

Hilarious Doc Sportello Feb 2022 #4

That's funged up! lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #5

Clear as mud. I think I've been funged over. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #7

I have a crush on her genxlib Feb 2022 #9

Yes! Pinback Feb 2022 #12

It is being and nothingness. It can't be funged...like Sarte created NFT's. Duh. JanMichael Feb 2022 #24

+1 dalton99a Feb 2022 #35

This is great! smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #43

Hats off to DUer gristy Pinback Feb 2022 #45

I have been watching her videos all night and she is very talented! smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #48

Fantastic! Pinback Feb 2022 #49

r&k This will take me a couple days to MerryBlooms Feb 2022 #6

NFTs amd Crypto are both scams LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #8

Absolutely not... Your music will be an NFT soon and artists will JCMach1 Feb 2022 #34

........ GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #38

Crypto and NFT's just a chain. GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #39

Always thought snowybirdie Feb 2022 #10

If NFTs were honest... PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #11

"Why waste all that time hanging a painting in your home Pinback Feb 2022 #13

Funny stuff! chowder66 Feb 2022 #17

still true: there's a sucker born every minute bringthePaine Feb 2022 #14

And I have a cyber bridge to sell cheap. Or maybe some cyber land in Florida suits better? Tommymac Feb 2022 #15

I STILL DONT GET IT! Why buy made-up shit? oldsoftie Feb 2022 #16

Things of value all have only the value people give to it Johnny2X2X Feb 2022 #18

They want it because they believe in the "Greater Fool Theory"... PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #20

Oh yeah I've heard of that too. I just meant other than that oldsoftie Feb 2022 #27

If it is a somewhat famous picture you get your name linked to it and if you pay a lot... PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #29

As I read that link I KNEW who it was! And I guess I CAN see it from her POV. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #31

What I don't get..... getagrip_already Feb 2022 #19

The sellers hope buyers care, so the price goes up. But, like with other bubbles and fads... PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #21

There IS a difference but its nothing that would matter to me. Look at the first one; oldsoftie Feb 2022 #28

"If you nail together two things that have never been nailed together Buns_of_Fire Feb 2022 #22

Tape works, too Pinback Feb 2022 #26

I thought that the duck was better. GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #40

Correct you don't get rights to the image, only your name linked to it really. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #30

The rightsholder isn't even minting the NFT in a lot of cases sir pball Feb 2022 #33

If you ask me to pay any amount of money for a JPG image, my answers are "hell" and "no". Initech Feb 2022 #25

Yeah but you also get a bunch of symbols Hav Feb 2022 #32

It is a scam. dalton99a Feb 2022 #36

Waiting for the NFT bros to appear shouting..... GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #41

It's funny how I know f**k all about NFTs smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #44

The way someone explained it to me was DVRacer Feb 2022 #42

What you describe is also known as the greater fool theory Hav Feb 2022 #46

They are today's version edhopper Feb 2022 #47