12/27/21: Anti-NFT NPCs 🖼🤬

Navigating the growing backlash against cryptocurrency

DrTe.eth @DrTe_eth

@cryptunez

$DOGE TO $3 🎅🎅🎅 (69 IQ) @cryptunez

got my 8 year-old nephew a NFT for christmas… he’s been crying the past 30 minutes

Over the past month, at least two video game projects dropped plans for NFT drops after intense complaints among fans. I’m scarcely an NFT person, nor even a big gamer, but I can pretty clearly see that bonus NFT content for a video game release is a strategic no-brainer. Easy to crank out, possibly large upsides, no erstwhile impact on gameplay.

But the “fans” reacted with a pile of radioactive sludge.

marczeller.eth @lemiscate

My favourite gamer channels seems really anti-NFT and "Blockchain" somewhat overnight. Did the Ubisoft thingy was the spark that ignited the hate?

As a developer, hating on NFTs feels very peculiar. I may dislike XML, but I wouldn’t boycott a company for using it.

This gamer backlash seems part of a larger trend, though. Discord also shut down any talk of NFTs earlier this year. Moving into the realm of outright cruelty, the virtuous non-profit Girls Who Code also had to fight off haters after announcing it planned to accept cryptocurrency donations.

Dame.eth (😈,😇) @jacksondame

alright frens, girls who code is getting pushback for accepting crypto as a donation method — let’s show em so love to counteract the haters 💗

Girls Who Code @GirlsWhoCode

We are now accepting Crypto! This will give us more ways to support girls in tech and create pathways for new partnerships in this space, like our partnership with @DapperDinoNFT! Learn more and make your gift here: https://t.co/cOx7DcxuXv

Shegen @shegenerates

Grrrrr I hate crypto so much I'm cancelling charitable donations, how dare u raise money by any means for charity, I hate charity now https://t.co/SE5BNDSBn8

This acute gamer backlash against NFTs appears to simply the most visible component of a broader trend: intensifying populist anti-cryptocurrency sentiment.