On content coins—I'd push back on the idea that short-form creators are getting squeezed out. The real problem is elsewhere. The music industry, though? That's genuinely broken. Independent venues are shuttered, underground shows have vanished, and the whole ecosystem feels suffocated. As a fan, I'm stuck buying merch if I want to meaningfully support the artists I actually care about. That's the constraint. We need better infrastructure—real options beyond t-shirts and streaming pennies—to actually let listeners directly fund the music they love.
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WhaleStalker
· 2025-12-22 16:56
The music industry has indeed been drained; saying that short video creators have been squeezed out of the market is still too mild... the entire creative ecosystem is suffocating.
It really relies on selling merchandise to survive, which is absurd.
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MissedAirdropBro
· 2025-12-22 06:56
The music industry really needs someone to break the bubble... just selling T-shirts and streaming music is really ridiculous.
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GasDevourer
· 2025-12-21 19:11
The music industry is indeed beyond saving, relying too much on merchandise to survive is absurd. But to be honest, building a direct funding infrastructure is not a new concept, right? What has always been lacking is a truly large platform that dares to use this system.
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ProbablyNothing
· 2025-12-20 04:48
Ah, the mess in the music industry is truly despairing
T-shirts and a few cents for traffic fees? That's hilarious. How do artists survive?
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ThatsNotARugPull
· 2025-12-20 04:48
ngl The music industry’s way of doing things is truly incredible... Really, once small venues are gone, the entire ecosystem dies. Fans want to spend money but have nowhere to do so, only able to buy merchandise like broken T-shirts. It’s ridiculous.
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PrivateKeyParanoia
· 2025-12-20 04:43
The music industry is indeed rotten through and through, but isn't this just a microcosm of how all traditional industries are drained by middlemen... For Web3 to be truly useful, it has to start with allowing fans to directly send money to artists.
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HodlOrRegret
· 2025-12-20 04:40
Honestly, the current music ecosystem is a joke... Independent labels are almost dead, and fans have no way out except buying merchandise? Can Web3 save this? I'm still a bit skeptical.
On content coins—I'd push back on the idea that short-form creators are getting squeezed out. The real problem is elsewhere. The music industry, though? That's genuinely broken. Independent venues are shuttered, underground shows have vanished, and the whole ecosystem feels suffocated. As a fan, I'm stuck buying merch if I want to meaningfully support the artists I actually care about. That's the constraint. We need better infrastructure—real options beyond t-shirts and streaming pennies—to actually let listeners directly fund the music they love.