Nobody Cares: the Non-Fungible Thread

[Monica Dream]

The simple explanation for the whole business is that it really is as stupid as it sounds.

 

[Free]

Adding another reason for not visiting Starbucks!

Starbucks plans a “global digital community” around coffee with an NFT loyalty program

Starbucks execs think digital natives just need some tokens.

www.theverge.com

 

[Khamon]

Starbucks had a good rewards program a decade ago. Buy a drink; get a star; free drink every foo stars; free bonus drink on your birthday. It was nice.

Now, stars are earned per dollar, expire, SRSLY, expire, and must be earned via offers, such as triple stars for purchasing three bongo-sized frapalattes in a five-day window, to have enough to be usable before they expire. Of course ads flood into the inbox tied to the account as well.

Now they're gonna add NFTs to the program and open customers' phones to teh h4xX0rs



edit: rephrased everyone to customers

 

[Veritable Quandry]

I still can't forgive them for buying Coffee People, a far better chain in Portland, and shutting it down.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

I still can't forgive them for buying Coffee People, a far better chain in Portland, and shutting it down.

I just don't like their coffee - its too sweet.

That and they are just corporate scum.

 

[Noodles]

Starbucks had a good rewards program a decade ago. Buy a drink; get a star; free drink every foo stars; free bonus drink on your birthday. It was nice.

Now, stars are earned per dollar, expire, SRSLY, expire, and must be earned via offers, such as triple stars for purchasing three bongo-sized frapalattes in a five-day window, to have enough to be usable before they expire. Of course ads flood into the inbox tied to the account as well.

You used to get a decent amount of stars for the bagged coffee too. I barely go in Starbucks, So buying bags of coffee was the only way I got stars and every few months I could go get a free drink.

But they dumped that and it kind of sucks.

Anyway, I don't want to derail the thread conpletely un traditional VVO/SLU fasion.

 

[Free]

Anyway, I don't want to derail the thread conpletely un traditional VVO/SLU fasion.

 

[Beebo Brink]

endspire commissions open on Twitter: "saw this great explanation about NFTees yesterday and its LITERALLY PLAYING OUT.... https://t.co/aQMgE7nK1S" / Twitter

 

[Essence Lumin]

I have no idea.

The Slurp Juice Ape got itself milkshake ducked

 

[Free]

I have no idea.

Your link is broken.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Your link is broken.

Thanks, fixed.

 

[Beebo Brink]

A few weeks ago, the company I work for just had a webinar about NFTs and the Metaverse. It was hosted by mainly marketing people, who were still trying to wrap their minds around these technology concepts and speaking in generally vague but hopeful terms about cutting-edge concepts that they vaguely but hopefully believed would be useful for us to know about as business consultants.

If figures that they are just now trying to understand NFTs.

NFT sales ‘have declined 92% since their peak’ | VGC

The market and interest around nonfungible tokens looks to have flatlined…

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

What's the opposite of a snowball? A thawball? -- John Brunner, Shockwave Rider, 1974.

 

[Noodles]

A few weeks ago, the company I work for just had a webinar about NFTs and the Metaverse. It was hosted by mainly marketing people, who were still trying to wrap their minds around these technology concepts and speaking in generally vague but hopeful terms about cutting-edge concepts that they vaguely but hopefully believed would be useful for us to know about as business consultants.

If figures that they are just now trying to understand NFTs.

Everything surrounding Web3, NFTs and the Metaverse is basically "Peak Buzz Word" dribble.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Everything surrounding Web3, NFTs and the Metaverse is basically "Peak Buzz Word" dribble.

I'm 20-30 years older than most of the co-workers who hosted that webinar, but I felt like I had a much better grasp of the concepts they were introducing and the faults and failures of the technology they were basically lauding without understanding. They were so enthusiastic about Horizon Worlds, cryptocurrency and NFTs. Ah brave new world! I'm going "Ummm, ummm, I don't think it's that easy...."

I credit SLU/VVO for keeping me current and knowledgeable, with a special shout-out to Dakota for getting me up to speed on block chains, cryptocurrency and NFTs.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - VR

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - VR

www.smbc-comics.com

Evergreen

 

[Free]

What's the opposite of a snowball? A thawball? -- John Brunner, Shockwave Rider, 1974.

"What's the opposite of an avalanche? A nice relaxing hike in the mountains." ~Free

 

[bubblesort]

New brain blaze video on crypto scams. At the beginning, Simon gives Coffeezilla a shout out. I don't know the Coffeezilla channel, but apparently Coffeezilla specializes in videos about crypto scams. I'll have to look into them more later on.

 

[danielravennest]

What's the opposite of a snowball? A thawball? -- John Brunner, Shockwave Rider, 1974.

A meltdown. Financial markets have those fairly often.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

‘Crypto muggings’: thieves in London target digital investors by taking phones

Exclusive: Thousands of pounds stolen in cases seen by the Guardian in reports from City of London police

www.theguardian.com

“It’s a sort of crypto mugging,” said David Gerard, the author of Attack on the 50 Foot Blockchain, a book on digital currencies.

Cryptocurrency transfers are irreversible, unlike a bank transfer, making this type of crime more attractive to thieves.

“If I get robbed and they force me to make a bank transfer, the bank can trace where the money has gone and there are all sorts of comebacks. You can reverse the transaction.

“With crypto, if I transfer it to my crypto wallet I’ve got your coins and you can’t get them back.”

He said the risks were exacerbated by the way some people handle their investments on smartphones, without exercising the same degree of caution they would with cash. “People keep stupid amounts of money on account in crypto. They don’t think it’s money somehow.”