š² your guide to an NFT conversation
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hereās a TLDR version of what Iām about to write about:
so you want to talk about NFTsā¦ āļø
I had a really fun run-in this past weekend.
on Saturday night, I had just spent the last *4 days* attending wedding events. my wife was in the wedding as a bridesmaid (and the festivities were by the brideās own admission *extra*).
it was fun but exhausting, and I rolled into the weekendās *final* event pretty much checked out. it was a pajama party so I wore a Cool Cats sweater (the one below to be exact) because rolling up in my underwear would have been weird.
the party was *mostly* comprised of people I had already seen all weekendā¦minus a few new faces. but one of those new faces came up to me shortly after my arrival and complicated my Cool Cat sweater.
ādo you have one?ā I asked. he showed me a Cool Cat on his Apple Watch. āno way! are you on Twitter?ā we followed each other already too.
it was completely serendipitous and something I always wished would happen when I wore my NFT merch.
(itās funny that I wore a Cool Cats shirt to the airport, but at *this* partyā¦with no more than 2 dozen people in attendance, I met a fellow Cool Cat.)
obviouslyā¦we got to chatting about NFTs and my energy suddenly skyrocketed. I was ready to chat with this stranger for a *long* timeā¦
but what do you talk about when you *first* meet NFT people in real life? Iāve compiled a list of essential questions that must be askedā¦
1. āsoā¦what are your favorite projects?ā āļø
this will surely be the first question out of the gate.
thatās because itās a particularly *loaded* one; you can tell a lot about a person from their project of choice.
are they in for the tech? are they in it for the community? are they in it for the money? based on their answer, you can infer a lot of this information and paint a picture of their online persona too.
you also be able to know what chains they prefer once they share their favorites too. that way, you can avoid any snafus by bashing Cardano NFTs, for exampleā¦
2. āsoā¦how did you get into NFTs?ā āļø
everyone loves a good origin storyā¦
(unless itās the 5th retelling of the Batman one. we get itā¦his parents are dead)
whatās fun about this question is that *everyoneās* story is different. they might have had a friend who got the hooks in. or it might have been some random, online moment that led them to this life.
what was their first NFT? oftentimes, they now *hate* the first project they bought from, which is another good story in itself.
3. āsoā¦who are your favorite NFT Twitter people?ā āļø
weāre all looking for connection. and NFTs have provided a pretty modern way for you to find *your* peopleā¦and a group to call your own.
now that you know *what* NFTs they like, itās time to dive *who* they like. are they a Farokh fan? more of a ThreadGuy person? or is Frank from deGods more their style?
why is this important? itās to see if theyāre just like you, really. your kindred spirits will likely gravitate toward the same influencers as you.
4. āsoā¦do you do anything in Web3?ā āļø
this is the final test. with this question, weāll see if they *actually* care about this stuff and are in it for the long haul.
is this an NFT friend? or an imposter?
to be clear, NFTs can be a hobby, for sure. you donāt have to be ādoingā anything in Web3 to be a part of its community.
itās just that in my experience so far, it rarely has been the case that NFTs take a backseat to *anything*.
āwhat do I do for a living? I work in MarTech, but thatās not important. what I really care about is my JPGs on the blockchain.ā
ākids? thatās cool, I have them tooā¦but do you wanna talk NFTs instead? we can watch their first soccer game laterā
if anything, the full-time commitments of a true NFTer become the āhobbyāā¦and Web3 becomes all-consuming.
I bet that this person is doing *something* cool with their NFTs.
ultimately, itās about asking questions and listening to the answers. learn about this person and walk a mile in their CryptoKicks. and if you play your cards right, you might have an IRL friend as well as an online one.
