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Ha, it would be a total disaster. There are already a dozen or so startups doing some variant of “dating on a blockchain” and they're all doomed to failure, bec

by sltkr 4y ago

Ha, it would be a total disaster. There are already a dozen or so startups doing some variant of “dating on a blockchain” and they're all doomed to failure, because 99% of the people who think that's a good idea are nerdy (read: unattractive) heterosexual men. All the gay dudes are on Tinder instead, and all the heterosexual women that like nerdy men have a gazillion options already, so any blockchain-based or open-source dating protocol would be a total sausage party.

antupis 4y ago
Yup I would not personally try it because these reason but it would still be those stupid but same time kinda brilliant idea.
nl 4y ago
Bizarrely, and to my utter surprise (as someone who has worked in tech all my adult life and recently decided to try crypto) I think there are more women in crypto than any other tech field I've been in. In the NFT field (as in people working in it, not holders) I'd say in some cases it would approach 50% female/male.
- nibbleshifter 4y ago
  Yep, crypto (currency) has a MUCH better gender and diversity balance than most of the rest of tech. Which is deeply funny, because a lot of the "rest of tech" likes to slam it as a "white dudes only" club.
  - nl 4y ago
    > "rest of tech" likes to slam it as a "white dudes only" club I don't think this is true - at least I haven't heard that criticism in particular. In the NFT world the Vice (I think?) where they went to the BAYC party pointed out how it sort of felt like weird mix of wannabe rap artists, scam artists and tupperware sales parties. The NFT world is very racially diverse. DeFi does run white/Asian I guess.
- lupire 4y ago
  Do you mean NFT tech people, or artists trying to make money from NFT connected to their art? Because the artists are also in the art scene, which is a much nicer scene to get into
  - nl 4y ago
    Both. I think arts administration has a large proportion of female workers, some of whom now run NFT projects
mensetmanusman 4y ago
Sausagecoin
lupire 4y ago
Nerdy is not what makes someone unattractive. In the Blockchain space especially, nerdy is not the part that turns people off.

by sltkr 4y ago

antupis 4y ago

Yup I would not personally try it because these reason but it would still be those stupid but same time kinda brilliant idea.

nl 4y ago

Bizarrely, and to my utter surprise (as someone who has worked in tech all my adult life and recently decided to try crypto) I think there are more women in crypto than any other tech field I've been in. In the NFT field (as in people working in it, not holders) I'd say in some cases it would approach 50% female/male.

nibbleshifter 4y ago
Yep, crypto (currency) has a MUCH better gender and diversity balance than most of the rest of tech. Which is deeply funny, because a lot of the "rest of tech" likes to slam it as a "white dudes only" club.
- nl 4y ago
  > "rest of tech" likes to slam it as a "white dudes only" club I don't think this is true - at least I haven't heard that criticism in particular. In the NFT world the Vice (I think?) where they went to the BAYC party pointed out how it sort of felt like weird mix of wannabe rap artists, scam artists and tupperware sales parties. The NFT world is very racially diverse. DeFi does run white/Asian I guess.
lupire 4y ago
Do you mean NFT tech people, or artists trying to make money from NFT connected to their art? Because the artists are also in the art scene, which is a much nicer scene to get into
- nl 4y ago
  Both. I think arts administration has a large proportion of female workers, some of whom now run NFT projects

mensetmanusman 4y ago

Sausagecoin

lupire 4y ago

Nerdy is not what makes someone unattractive. In the Blockchain space especially, nerdy is not the part that turns people off.