NFT startups hire full-time ‘vibe managers’ to lift the mood amid crypto collapse
theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/08/nft-vi...
theguardian.comPosted Jul 8, 2022, 7:46 AM UTC
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theguardian.comIn other industries they’re called fluffers.
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Fluff is so normie, Vibe proves that they are true internet natives. I think that is the reason they do it, at least a plausible guess?
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Just buy a massager guys, it'll manage your vibes real good
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Michael Jerome, a 20-year-old NFT investor, quit college last year to trade and post online about NFTs full-time, and was soon hired by a startup called Tally Labs to be their “director of vibes”, modeled after Deeze’s position.
This sentence just hurts, every part is wild. Blow after blow, I couldn’t go on after this
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C level execs in 2022:
CEO
CFO
COO
CVO
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"Chief Vibes Officer" sounds like the name my college roommate would give to one of his bongs.
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"Mandatory meeting at 2pm with the CVO, pizza will be served."
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theguardian.com/techno...
But then you missed this gem from that same guy:
"I liken it to somebody walking into a bar for the first time, that they paid tens of thousands of dollars to get into. If they walk in and nobody acknowledges them, that’s a failure. If they walk in and people are hugging them, slapping them on the ass, cheering them on, they’re going to feel much more welcome."
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Lmao apparently buying an nft is just like paying thousands of dollars to get sexually harassed!
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So... a hooker?
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Nah, they provide valuable services, and actually work for a living.
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I assume you mean hookers provide an actual service, as opposed to these NFT “fluffers”
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Naturally.
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I’ll admit, I bought into the NFT hype like an idiot. The eye opener was sitting in a twitter space while hype men, or should I say “vibe managers” did nothing but compliment the aMaZiNg CoMmUnItY”. Cringiest shit of my life and I’m still embarrassed I bought a jpg.
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I hate to tell you this bro…you didn’t BUY a jpeg - you bought a numerical address that points to a link where a publicly available jpeg is hosted
Good morning !
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My mistake. Good morning and happy Friday!
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He bought a receipt listing that numerical address, sadly he can’t own the link itself and anyone can rip it off.
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I checked out an NFT Telegram in early 2020 to find out what all the rage was about. It was presented as a space to learn about NFT's for those who don't know, are skeptical, are curious, whatever. When I asked hard questions, you could tell the room got a lil awkward, and the chatroom mod assuaged everyone else that the vibes were good, that there were good vibes in the room, good energy, positive energy, and my questions were hilariously left unaddressed hahahah.
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The best thing you can do is self-reflect and improve yourself. That goes with any facet of life, and you're ability to admit it makes you better than most people in regards to that.
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Lmao at least you got a good chuckle out of it I hope? Hope you didn't spend too much money.
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Yeah thankfully I wasn’t in anything blue chip / crazy expensive. The pain comes from my older, wiser brothers rubbing it in my face.
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Eh no different from buying an mp3 IMO. Buttcoin likes to rag on digital art and digital media distribution to shit on cryptobros but they’re legit activities, how easy it is to copy something doesn’t make it worthless
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Yeah but I get utility from the Numb mp3 I ripped off limewire 15 years ago. What utility are you getting from your fugly, procedurally generated ape?
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I got to change my twitter picture to said ape and interact with other like minded idiots on twitter and discord. Took me a few months to realize I was an idiot but better late than never I sposse
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Sorry I don’t buy apes
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Lol touche
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But does anyone buy mp3s these days? I would argue that buying an mp3 is equally misguided, and it only happened because DRM forced the transaction.
For all the deserved criticisms, streaming services really found the best model for monetizing infinitely reproducible assets.
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I’ve bought them off bandcamp on my own accord. It’s called patronage
Almost any ebook you could just as well pirate, or send a few cents to the writer by buying it
TIL arr Buttcoin are cheapskates
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Those things can all be done without an nft. I can pay an artist for jpgs without an nft being involved.
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I’ve bought them off bandcamp on my own accord. It’s called patronage
I mean that's great. It absolutely is. But it's really kind of conflating "I like supporting band X" with "what is the value of a duplicated product?". They aren't remotely the same conversation.
I can watch any song I think of on YouTube, many of them official videos from the artist. Should I buy an mp3 of those songs? What is the value of those songs, given that I can listen to them - legally - for free?
TIL arr Buttcoin are cheapskates
Eh, this is a bit much. I think it's entirely reasonable to pay the minimum possible price for any good. If someone asked you to send your landlord a little something extra with your rent you'd think they were nuts. I just think the minimum price for a song nowadays is zero (or close to it).
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One of the key jobs of a regular manager is to keep morale up, so if nothing else this seems duplicative.
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It’s amazing that even on the record, they can’t resist admitting that they just want to find people to make money off.
“I’m just another degen that wants to make a quick flip” “Drive a lot more value to the community”
We’re just here to bring in more suckers so we can make bank…
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They don't think it's a bad thing. They're not confessing. They're bragging.
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Its even worse. In nft communities its considered bad form not to brag. The people that are being scammed will get mad at you if you dont brag because they are banking on you scamming more people in order to toss the hot potato.
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Big Short. I like it.
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We're gonna Ponzi the shit out of this suckers.
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“Vibes are everything,” explained tropoFarmer, a thirtysomething Minnesota resident who was one of the first buyers of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs (one of the most hyped and expensive collections) and is an advocate for vibes management. “There are ways that you can swing trade based on the momentum that is, for the most part, built on vibes.”
Translation: NFTs are worthless bullshit. And I'm paid to distract you from this central fact, so that people continue to spend good money on worthless NFTs.
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one of the most hyped and expensive collections btw
…guys? guys?
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Whhhaaatttss uuuppp Bitconneeeeeeeeeeccctttt!!!!!!!
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My wife doesn’t believe in me!!!
Oh no no no!
Bitconneeeeeeeeecccttttt!!! WOO!
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Another name for spin doctor nice.
Vibe? Hmm many so I need to create a slurp juice and how many do need to combine it with my mutated ape to create super space freak ape? /s
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That sounds like a horrible job. INCREASE THE VIBE!!! WHY ARENT IDIOTS VIBING!! MAKE MORE VIBES!!
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Coffee is for vibers only!
You vibe, or you hit the bricks!
Always be vibing!
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I like that position much better, the vibes behind the vibes... REDUCE THE VIBES. INJECT MORE VIBES. STABILIZE THE VIBES. DECIMATE ALL VIBES. Via: the Vibe Dictator.
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not gonna lie, my first thought was some dude in khakis yelling “VIBE CHECK!” and decking someone randomly
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What questions would one need to answer in that interview to get the job?
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Must have at least 5 years experience making good vibes
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Hiring entry level Vibe manager, will be paid minimum wage as this is a entry level job, will receive exposure and the oppourtunity to work in a fast growing newly formed company.
Must have 2 years experience, be willing to relocate!
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"Can you easily convince idiots to put money into our ponzi? Bonus points if you can still do it after we rugpull!"
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Number goes up, vibe goes up. Number goes down, vibe goes down.
You can't explain that.
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All my vibes gone :(
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Oh, and I imagine they work in an open-plan office where everybody sits on those big inflatable balls instead of chairs. There are probably even some exposed brick walls too.
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„Vibe manager“ so the scammers get scammed now? Nice read 10/10
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How much does it pay?!? I can manage vibes if there's a solid contract.
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Bitch, don't kill my vibe.
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Named after the Pontiac they drive/live in?
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Just a marketing person given a goofy name.
You questioning the vibe, bro?
I would question the entire company knowing they have such a dumb job title.
It at least has the benefit of making it explicit that this is a specialized position for emotional manipulation. “Marketing” is so euphemistic in comparison, but even being this blunt is probably not enough to make some people get what’s happening and reconsider their bad decisions.
Ok Boomer!
/s
I'm reminded of "Imagineers", from Disney or Pixar or something.