This space has to change.
Outsiders will keep seeing anything related to Web3 as a scam. They will never take crypto seriously unless we give them a reason to.
For a while, it felt like we were actually maturing. People started caring about branding, products, work ethic, and accountability. Many of us have spent years working day and night to prove that brands born in Web3 can be treated like real brands, not just quick money grabs before someone disappears on vacation.
I am tired of founders whining about their difficult lifes and mental issues after raising millions from their holders and going on a multi-year break for then to come back when things start to heat up and there is another opportunity to get some more juice from the holders.
Fake bag based “positivity” will run this space into the ground. Everyone sees it, but too many people are afraid to speak up because of optics or because they do not want their bags to go down.
Founders are regular humans. They are not gods. They have to be held responsible for what they build and what they abandon.
When you form a community and start building a brand people fall in love with, those people spend their time, money, and energy supporting you. You do not have the right to cry about your IRL issues, vanish and expect them to wait forever. Difficult life is hardly an excuse, but I hear it more often nowadays, especially from the returning founders. Suprise: everyone is struggling. Spitting out your IRL problems as a reason why you can't run a brand doesn't call for sympathy, it's pathetic and desperate.
You can pivot when needed. You can change direction. But you cannot just leave everyone hanging. Either put a final end to it, hand it to someone else, or finish what you started.
There is no excuse for treating your community like dogs waiting to wag their tails when you decide to come back.
And as a holder, you have every right to reject a founder who does not respect your time, your money, or your support.
If this makes you feel a way, maybe take a second to reflect on why.
If you agree, it is time to start rallying behind the people who have proven to care about their communities, their brands, and the future of this space.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
>be markus magnusson
>launch 4 collections
>invisible friends
>garbage friends
>3d invisible friends
>typical friends x tony babel
>make over 1880ETH / $8,300,000 USD
>abandon every project
>don't post a single tweet for over an year
>come back in 2025 to launch another collection
>get called out by people instantly
>fail to extract because people are not retarded anymore
>log off for 12 months
>then come back in 2026 like nothing happened
>try to play it off but people remember
>he will try to extract and rug people again (won't happen because we won't allow that)
>think this is the only thing he has done?
>his wife also launched uglysweaters
>made around $1,000,000 USD
>also abandoned the project
>point of the story?
>don't let the same people extract over and over again
>this time be cautious and don't let him do as he pleases
send Invisible Friends to 0
Anyone supporting a grifter is part of the grift.
I called him out 8 months ago and he went off. Now that NFTs are back, he’s active again.
Things he has done so far:
- Raised $10M (not counting royalties)
- Bought a Porsche
- Abandoned his team and community or I would say rugged them
- Played the victim card and many more stuff.
As much as I love the IP of Invisible Friends, I hate what he did to the collection, community, holders and IP.
We need people like Figge, Luca, Burnt Toast, Cab, Insight, Zagabond and others who have been building through both bull and bear markets instead of people like Markus who are just here to fill their pockets.
He is in this space just to extract as much money as he can. Yes, I want NFTs to be back but not at the cost of these grifters making money.
To anyone saying I’m FUDDING, consider it FUD or take some time to talk to the previous team he abandoned and you’ll learn about his wrongdoings.
The last thing I’ll allow is for him to extract from our space once again especially when it’s healing slowly and steadily.
Just know that your time is too precious to spend on grifters like Motion Markus. Forget ‘which one is my favorite?’ I think yours is ‘The Thief.’
The audacity of this b*tch.
@BoredApeYC at 8.4 eth
@pudgypenguins at 4.4 eth
It’s no longer a question whether you would like 1 Ape or 1 Pudgy. It’s if you would like 1 Ape or 2 Pudgy.
When you put it like that, it’s easy for me.
Or: 1 Pudgy, 1 VF, 1 Quirkies, 2 GVCs.
What would you pick?
@halfbloodn3rd@Nerd_Mutants It has probably been the toughest months for the space. I understand it’s frustrating but what did you expect?
I think you should keep fighting!
If this took 2 years of honest work then it’s just a waste of time to give up..
Believe in yourself. Believe in your craft!