Most of us have heard about the climate activists throwing tomato soup at a Van Gogh in London.
I respect the message, but Iām not sure how effective it was in promoting the message of taking more action around climate change.
For those of you that donāt know what Iām talking about, hereās a 1 minute TLDR.
This clip made waves everywhere.
One more point about the above clip and the āJust Stop Oilā shirts that these two activists are wearing.
If you switch your gas-powered car to an electric vehicle, itās important to note that the EV still uses electricity which comes fromā¦maybe renewable sources, maybe coal. And is the supply chain and energy used to manufacture an EV net positive for the environment vs. a gas car? No idea, but worth considering if youāre serious about climate change.
And reusable bags are net better than plastic bags, but how much better?
I have likeā¦25 reusable totes (most were free) in my house and probably only regularly use 3-4. So isnāt the influx of totes bags a net negative? Not trying to get into semantics, but itās something to consider.
Oh boy, TPan is going off the rails, Iām unsubscribing!
Iāll one-up that. Mail me a can of tomato soup and Iāll pour it on my head. And then Iāll make sure it goes into a bowl and I have it as my lunch. Now THATāS called recycling š
(Please donāt mail me tomato soup because then Iāll have to actually walk the talk lol)
This reminds me of Web3 at times. Some folks have strong opinions like:
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Who knows, maybe theyāre just engagement farming š¤·š»āāļø
Butā¦how do you expect the next billion people to onboard to Web3 platforms and use blockchain technology? I We canāt even remember our passwords.
IMO we need to have a symbiotic relationship and make tradeoffs when it comes to decentralization vs. centralization or Web2 is evil vs. Web2 can help onboard the next million/billion people onto Web3.
Alright, getting off my soapbox before I receive a gallon of tomato soup.
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After the tomato soup Van Gogh incident, NFT twitter did what it does best ā provide commentary and jokes.
Cryptodamus.eth @Cryptodamus44
NFTs solve this lol, canāt ruin an NFT with tomato soup https://t.co/DdCI208DEz
Yesterday Devotion (a company founded by a few well respected individuals in the space) created a project called Splat, inspired by this tomato soup incident.
Splat is Devotionās first project.
A thousand of these tomato soup cans were minted yesterday and earlier today the āmuseum securityā went down so holders were able to Splat their target
To begin, mint 1 of 1,000 Devotion-manufactured Soup Cans (0.05 ETH) here: mydevotion.xyz (Max 1 per wallet; link redirects to etherscan) Soup cans will be deployable once museum security goes down (Current Status: Armed. Cannot splat yet. ETA: ~10:30 pm EDT)
I coincidentally tuned into the Twitter Spaces yesterday evening to learn more about the mechanics of the Soup Cans:
The Splat contract pulls the metadata and image files of the target collection and NFT, and replaces the metadata of the soup can once splatted. The new image is a composite image of the target NFT and the tomato soup splat mark.
This works on different types of NFTs: static, video, GIF, SVG, aspect ratios, etc.
Each NFT can only be splatted once
You can even splat another soup can š¤Æ
You can hold onto your can and splat something in the future that doesnāt exist yet
Is this IP infringement? Not really. This is more parody or satire, which is protected free speech. Plus the people like this, wouldnāt be a good PR move to send a cease & desist to a fun project.
@Poof_eth splatted the burnt MAYC of WAGDIE fame which is pretty trippy to think about, adding to the lore of that MAYC
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to climate initiatives, everyone wins!
Fans of the project asked about future plans for Splatā¦or āSplatceptionā.
There are none at this time, but Andrew did point out that the Tomato on the can is actually holding another can ofā¦tomato soup?!
Tomato cannibalism?! THE HORROR
Hopefully there were no real tomatoes harmed in the process.
There are levels to the Splat game theory:
What do you want to splat?
When do you want to splat?
How do you want to publicize the splatting?
Whatās been splatted so far? 18 different collections, ranging from the rarest NFTs from top projects to famous digital art pieces.
And as the title of todayās piece indicatesā¦this is FUN.
Itās been a while since thereās been fun in the space. The bear market, regulatory concerns, hacks, scams, royalty issues have all dampened the cheer of the space. Splat is a project that lightened peopleās moods, reminded everyone in the space to have fun, and was a creative approach to what NFTs are and what they can do.
Is there monetary value and flipping involved? Sure, but thatās not the point.
Splat has been a breath of fresh air, and the turnaround time to push this live was impressive. I imagine sleepless nights were involved.
Devotion didnāt exactly plan for this to be their first project, but they put themselves on the map with Splat.
Cool Cats Contributor Map
Some Cool Cat community members created a contributor map earlier today! Link to the interactive Webflow map is here.
šŗCool Cats Contributors Seriesšŗ visit: coolcats-contributor-map.webflow.io (available as desktop & mobile web app) @coolcatsnft #WLTC
Whatās cool is IāM ON THERE. Whatās even cooler is that there was a typo and my link goes to BivNFT (weāre buddies, he has as daily newsletter as well!)
Thatās not the point though. This a great community initiative and should be something that all communities should consider, not just NFT communities:
Everyone loves to be recognized for the work they do. This is a lightweight way to show appreciation to the community
This fosters community engagement. If these creators connect, they already have a pre-existing connection as Cool Cats holders
If you combine this concept with yesterdayās topic around Azuki Collector Profiles, you can integrate special badges and achievements based on contributions to the community and the broader space.
I appreciate seeing all the various strategies and tactics to engage community. The little things do add up.
See you tomorrow folks, letās have more fun in Web3! š¤
