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Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by cblconfederate »

mwattsun wrote: post #14
cblconfederate wrote: post #7

why was it removed?

It was marked as unlisted, then Molly White (@molly0xFFF) got ahold of it and started making fun of it. That's how I found out about it. Now Cryptoland is threatening Molly with legal action https://twitter.com/molly0xFFF/status/1479974074986209286 Edit: She has another site that is very cool: "Web3 is going just great" consisting of a daily update of the latest rugpulls and other frauds https://web3isgoinggreat.com/

I thought it was a prank?

And that c&d looks faked

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by Speednet »

buildbuildbuild wrote: post #10

319 ETH per acre. ($1mil USD today) I'm struggling to find a way to constructively criticize. Project aside, the video is not at all professional to a western audience. (watch all of it, I dare you) It's stylistically tone-deaf for their target market, grift notwithstanding. Who decided that real estate investors need a cartoon? At least Fyre's promo content felt "cool."

I don't think I'd be so gentle. It is one of the most cringe-worthy things I've seen in quite some time. Makes the crypto space seem like it's entirely inhabited by morons and fools.

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by riffic »

mwattsun wrote: post #14
cblconfederate wrote: post #7

why was it removed?

It was marked as unlisted, then Molly White (@molly0xFFF) got ahold of it and started making fun of it. That's how I found out about it. Now Cryptoland is threatening Molly with legal action https://twitter.com/molly0xFFF/status/1479974074986209286 Edit: She has another site that is very cool: "Web3 is going just great" consisting of a daily update of the latest rugpulls and other frauds https://web3isgoinggreat.com/

"cease and decease". omg, what a bunch of hacks

https://twitter.com/cryptoland/status/1480236809531838464

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by perihelions »

buildbuildbuild wrote: post #10

319 ETH per acre. ($1mil USD today) I'm struggling to find a way to constructively criticize. Project aside, the video is not at all professional to a western audience. (watch all of it, I dare you) It's stylistically tone-deaf for their target market, grift notwithstanding. Who decided that real estate investors need a cartoon? At least Fyre's promo content felt "cool."

It could be deliberate. An unprofessional pitch shrinks the buyer pool, but by repelling scam-savvy people it *concentrates* that pool with vulnerable people, increasing the conversion rate. This is useful if the scammers need to devote a lot of individualized attention on each target.

HN had threads discussing this concept (in the context of 419 scams, I think); I don't remember how to find them. Those have enormous attrition rate between the initial contact, and the "walk into a bank and wire your life savings" step.

edit: They discussed a Microsoft researcher's article about scam emails (thanks, walrus01):

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/why-do-... ("Why Do Nigerian Scammers Say They are From Nigeria?") [2012]

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=why%20nigerian%20scammers&type...

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by katmannthree »

pcwalton wrote: post #17

Ironically given the benefits that the cryptocurrency ecosystem supposedly brings to artists, this promotional material contains stolen IP from at least one independent artist [1]. Cryptoland's response was to block the victim [2]. [1]: https://twitter.com/kamilabianchi/status/1478764832967086083 [2]: https://twitter.com/kamilabianchi/status/1479852849932734477

After browsing OpenSea one may reasonably come to the conclusion that for every competent artist selling NFTs of their art, there are approximately 40,000 low-effort mspaint primates.

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by mwattsun »

cblconfederate wrote: post #21
mwattsun wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was marked as unlisted, then Molly White (@molly0xFFF) got ahold of it and started making fun of it. That's how I found out about it. Now Cryptoland is threatening Molly with legal action https://twitter.com/molly0xFFF/status/1479974074986209286 Edit: She has another site that is very cool: "Web3 is going just great" consisting of a daily update of the latest rugpulls and other frauds https://web3isgoinggreat.com/

I thought it was a prank? And that c&d looks faked

It feels like that way to me but it's hard to tell these days. Possibly a good example of Poe's law

Re: Cryptoland [video]

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Post by KennyBlanken »

mwattsun wrote: post #14
cblconfederate wrote: post #7

why was it removed?

It was marked as unlisted, then Molly White (@molly0xFFF) got ahold of it and started making fun of it. That's how I found out about it. Now Cryptoland is threatening Molly with legal action https://twitter.com/molly0xFFF/status/1479974074986209286 Edit: She has another site that is very cool: "Web3 is going just great" consisting of a daily update of the latest rugpulls and other frauds https://web3isgoinggreat.com/

Her response to that is gold.

> "cease and decease"

> I have removed all the false information

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