Web3 Offers a Cure to Toxic Pop Culture
A meaningful future of fandom in Web3 can mean many things: a culture of loyalty, financial freedom, collective ideals and ownership, shared success and even challenges. While we’ve come a long way as an industry and community, we still have a long way to go to pave a new path for fandom, whether around technology, communities or creators. An innovative culture of fandom in Web3 has the potential to be about more than just your pfp [profile pic], favorite Discord, oversized hoodie or who’s at your dinner table in that picture from NFT.NYC 2021.
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