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I'm not an "active" NFT hater (this is the first time I comment on this topic on internet), but my reasoning for disliking the NFT craze is following: We alread

I'm not an "active" NFT hater (this is the first time I comment on this topic on internet), but my reasoning for disliking the NFT craze is following: We already experience popular backlash on tech, which is arguably justified, although from my point of view it is over the top (you can just delete your FB account, you know?). Now, no matter your opinion regarding behavior of "big tech" companies, it is undeniable that they employ significant amount of engineers on exceptionally good terms and they contribute a lot to the wider ecosystem (via open source, conference support, etc.). In contrast, NFT ecosystem seems to be small group of opportunistic unethical people who intend reap all the benefits for themselves and at the end whole tech community will have to endure the backlash. PS just yesterday I witnessed a discussion on the topic in chat of unrelated Twitch channel and someone characterized NFT as "bunch of smart techies scamming clueless rich people". I don't want to be held responsible for this when the bubble bursts, even indirectly.

iSnow 5y ago
>you can just delete your FB account, you know? And FB will continue to spy on you and create shadow accounts for you in case you should sign on again. Big tech has become a loose cannon and needs to be reined in. Hard.
- caskstrength 5y ago
  Well, the most popular complain is that FB will "radicalize" you by their psy-ops algorithms based on your profile. If you don't read news on FB, then they can't show you antivax/trump-supporter/whatever posts, right? Besides, I always get a feeling of hypocrisy when this is being discussed because the argument people make is that FB is scum of the earth that will destroy democracy and society but the same people wouldn't delete their account because then they will miss the posts of their knitting group or something. So for me it seems that either people who are making the argument actually don't consider FB as much of a threat, or they value democracy and civic society less then their knitting group. Anyway, let's not derail NFT discussion into typical HN big-tech-hate flamewar. Sorry I brought up the subject.

iSnow 5y ago

>you can just delete your FB account, you know? And FB will continue to spy on you and create shadow accounts for you in case you should sign on again. Big tech has become a loose cannon and needs to be reined in. Hard.

caskstrength 5y ago
Well, the most popular complain is that FB will "radicalize" you by their psy-ops algorithms based on your profile. If you don't read news on FB, then they can't show you antivax/trump-supporter/whatever posts, right? Besides, I always get a feeling of hypocrisy when this is being discussed because the argument people make is that FB is scum of the earth that will destroy democracy and society but the same people wouldn't delete their account because then they will miss the posts of their knitting group or something. So for me it seems that either people who are making the argument actually don't consider FB as much of a threat, or they value democracy and civic society less then their knitting group. Anyway, let's not derail NFT discussion into typical HN big-tech-hate flamewar. Sorry I brought up the subject.