Original Author: aya

The beginning and end of farce

A Twitter KOL diving observer's tweet opened the curtain of the black cat community's scolding battle.

On the afternoon of December 11, he accused Shann, the creator of the Black Cat NFT, on Twitter."Concealing the community and scythe cooperation, disrespecting the early Builders, deliberately creating community divisions, the era of Web 3 has returned to the feudal era", and bluntly"Black cats are nothing without the Chinese-speaking community"Behind the scolding battle in the Mimic black cat community: the trust dilemma of the bear market NFT community

Behind the scolding battle in the Mimic black cat community: the trust dilemma of the bear market NFT community

How are royalties used to build community? Should core contributors "generate power with love"? Has the Chinese community been maliciously discriminated against and blacklisted? Behind the scolding war is the contradiction between artists and the community that has never been resolved.

When the fuse is ignited, the illusion of peace and harmony will be broken.

The quarrel continued, with contestants on Twitter arguing for both sides, fighting with each other in small essays and Space. The focus of the debate is always concentrated in one place:Official Twitter and Discoed intentionally squeezed out the Chinese community, and even appeared to be suspected of racial discrimination.In addition, the lack of NFT royalties for the community, airborne management, and insufficient DAO have also caused dissatisfaction among most people.

Finally, on the evening of December 12, after a voice conversation, Shann and the diving observer temporarily shook hands and made peace. Shann apologized for the previous misunderstanding and blocking Chinese community members.

"Chain of Suspicion" Between Creator and Community

Although the whole scolding war did not last long, we can still see some problems in it: the middle of CC0 and complete commercial operation is the dilemma that most NFT project communities face when operating.

Taking Black Cat as an example, NFT projects that are stuck in the middle of the balance must not only rely on the continuous construction and promotion of community members' spontaneous organizations, but also need to launch a core that is relatively close to the creator or directly controls the "financial revenue". "And the official image, once the two parties have inconsistencies in communication and ideas, the "chain of suspicion" between the creator and the community will quickly appear, and similar disputes will arise.

At the same time, due to differences in language, culture, and living habits, most overseas artists cannot communicate smoothly and effectively with domestic communities, resulting in some misleading and speechless operations at the level of community operations and specific execution. It is not the first time that such problems have occurred in the NFT community.

The bear market is also a catalyst for a communal squabble—The market trading volume has shrunk sharply. When it is difficult for holders to make profits, communities with imperfect incentives and systems are prone to discordant voices, which will eventually develop into large-scale scolding due to the uneven distribution of benefits.

There is not only one way to solve

It is foreseeable that there will be more and more debates like this in the future.

A bear market is also a process of removing community leverage. Like the popular saying in Chinese social media"The peak produces hypocritical support, and the dusk witnesses true believers", the bear market will eliminate the "false advocacy", filtering to leave"True Believers"。

And if the community that has achieved rapid growth in the bull marketLack of follow-up project promotion plan and detailed planning of community construction, the conflict between "true believers" and the project party will intensify, and eventually the entire project will fall into a situation where both sides suffer.

Strengthening communication, improving the reward and punishment mechanism, and transferring to CC0 to completely stimulate the self-driving force of the community can solve some of the current problems, but the ultimate goal is to establish a relationship of trust between the community and the project party——Only a community built on solid trust can push its NFT projects further.

After all, this bear market isn't over yet.