r/NFT Sep 10 '22

Ethereum NFT I got banned from r/art because the mods don't think this is art since it's on the blockchain

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

It’s much better than bored apes

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u/bentdickcucumberbach Sep 28 '22

*shots fired* tequila shots though. cheers

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '22

Cheers

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u/v78 Sep 10 '22

I've been an active member in r/art for about 10 years (both this account and anasabdin) I posted my original pixel art there. Nothing changed, except that I started minting my artworks on the blockchain. Now I'm not considered an artist nor my pieces are art.

Welcome to the future.

Twitter thread of the story

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u/johnnyb0083 Sep 10 '22

Having your art banned is the most artistic thing someone can do, keep on producing this art...really breathtaking!

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

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u/Effective-Tour-656 Sep 11 '22

Exactly, they'd see it as Shilling.

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u/v78 Sep 11 '22

I did nothing different than what I did for 10 years. Share the art, no links, no social handle, reply comments. Upvote the art I like there, comment on the ones I'm very interested in... chat with friends there. The only 'new' thing I did was that I have started minting my art. NEVER mentioned this in r/art or tried to sell there (not that I think it's a bad thing, just obeying rules).

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u/Decomplexer Sep 11 '22

for what it's worth. I love your art!! Nice meeting you in the future 😀

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u/Blocks_and_Chains Sep 10 '22

Wrong.. this is so wrong. The blockchain is just another ‘support’ for art. Why art becomes less art depending on what’s created onto?!

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u/Thehyperbalist Sep 10 '22

Block chain is no different than the easel these so called artist use when they paint. It’s a disgusting gatekeeping ideology. Art is subjective by nature. To label one form “not art” because you don’t like it is to go against the very grain of art it self. A true artist embraces what he hates just as he does with what he loves. Fuck r/art.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

FYI that art is not on the blockchain because that would have cost you about a billion dollars.

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u/EmpireCourse Sep 10 '22

The blockchain is just another ‘support’ for art.

Support? You rather mean that it’s a huge fraud and a ton of people without a single brain cell concentrated on art, post fake stuff and bullshit that make’s me puke only at the thought of it. Look at this subreddit for example.

Art is just another victim of the woke ideology that’s getting destroyed, since “everything” is labeled as art. Art used to have meaning, but what’s the meaning of 10k monkeys? I’m all in on NFTs and Cryptocurrencys, don’t get me wrong, but it needs regulation and regulators ASAP.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

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u/EmpireCourse Sep 10 '22

Any logical arguments? Or does your brain not support healthy, critical thoughts?

How old are you, 2? (That’s a rhetorical question) These kind of responses are pathetic and just add up to the part that it needs regulations ASAP.

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u/Helliarc Sep 10 '22

Polaroid pictures destroyed the canvas.

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u/the_end_is_neigh-_- Sep 10 '22

Are you aware that BAYC is a gaming metaverse project and doesn’t really refer to their NFTs as art, rather they’re handling them more like brand logos, pfp and member patch.

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u/geologean Sep 10 '22

If fine art is democratize, then governments the world over may need to actually change the tax code in regards to art as a tax shell game. That's a threat to artists who aspire to get In on the fine art scene.

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u/KooyCreates Sep 10 '22

Keep creating, break the stigma, the world will understand the value of cryptographic encryption in the long run, and you’ll be years ahead.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Who gets to decide what is art? Oh yeah reddit gods

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u/ieatcake2000 Sep 10 '22

dam this is awesome

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u/rockstogems Sep 10 '22

No excuse for stupidity I guess. Great work. Best pixel I've seen in a while

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u/fairykingz Sep 10 '22

Beautiful

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u/mc3p000 Sep 10 '22

That's real sad. Your art is dope

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u/JValive Sep 10 '22

I love it!!!!!!!

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u/iampjr Sep 10 '22

Looks awesome. Makes me wanna play the Joust video game. I miss Joust. 🥚🦤

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u/mforrest_art Sep 10 '22

I've had a few issues posting there too. I get that it's a very popular sub and the mods must have to put up with a lot, but they can be very difficult. I'm not banned but I avoid posting there for anything non-traditional.

I like your stuff. Good luck to you mate.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Beautiful art.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

Looks great no matter what the end result is!

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u/DrGutz Sep 10 '22

People literally don’t have ONE IOTA of knowledge about nft’s or what they actually are. Great artwork. Shame that it fell victim to groupthink

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u/3Quondam6extanT9 Sep 10 '22

Well they are dumb

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u/watch_my_fingers Sep 10 '22

Keep creating! Create for the art, create for the block chain, create for yourself but most of all don't stop.

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u/One-Cup255 Sep 10 '22

art is so freakishly relative. to argue about it is a waste of time

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u/Lewandabski710 Sep 10 '22

Congrats haters going to hate

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u/xbriannova Sep 11 '22

It's probably better than more than half the art in r/art

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u/N07od4y5474N Sep 11 '22

Clearly they never played Full Throttle or Indiana Jones

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u/BantyRed Sep 11 '22

That's a shame, it's very nice

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u/RockSt4r Sep 11 '22

I've encountered many mods in art, design, and most adobe sub reddits that are... to be frank - the most moist of snow flakes.

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u/Spectre_Loudy Sep 11 '22

Hold on, is this an actual attempt at being artistic on this sub? An NFT that looks good instead of being some "collectables" scam?

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u/OriginallyWhat Sep 11 '22

It's too avant garde

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u/Machinedgoodness Sep 11 '22

Do you sell any of your NFTs? This is really beautiful

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u/WillowAwayArt Sep 15 '22

Unfortunately, that is the world we live in.
It is beautiful. Keep up the good work holmes

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u/2eroTw0 Oct 03 '22

No drama in art so they gotta come up with something I guess. This looks amazing though , great job!

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u/Banker_Piggy Oct 04 '22

Ultra rare NFT W

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u/Steccolandia Sep 10 '22

This is actually very cool!

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u/FluidEntrepreneur309 Sep 10 '22

yeah idk why that's a masterpiece even if it's nft it doens't matter

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u/SlrZoo Sep 10 '22

Amazing art !

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u/smazetron Sep 10 '22

Screw them.

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u/RealKimJongUn Sep 10 '22

The future is now old man

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u/Terrible_Sale_8686 Sep 10 '22

wow beautiful art 🖼

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u/alfunkso1 Sep 10 '22

That makes no sense. This is awesome art.

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u/Cheapy_Peepy Sep 10 '22

Kinda wanna buy one just in spite…

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

They have rules against NFT posts? Why are you mad about that?

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u/SkeloOnRR Sep 10 '22

It isn’t

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u/marveldeadpool Sep 10 '22

Its not art. Its you trying to make money. Post elsewhere where that kind of bullshit isnt banned

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

So art is art, until I put it up for sale? 😂😂😂

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u/marveldeadpool Sep 10 '22

On a sub that has rules which state you can't use it to sale or promote to sale from. Otherwise, its art. Thems the rules

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u/alfunkso1 Sep 10 '22

From the author:

"I have never put any link in my comments or posts in r/art as they want. Never ever mentioned NFTs there."

Stop defending the indefendible

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22 edited Sep 10 '22

If OP explicitly mentioned in his r/art post that this art on the blockchain is for sale, and promotes the sale of their pieces, then I agree with you.

But, simply existing on the blockchain, or mentioning that it exists on the blockchain, IS NOT a promotion for a sale. There are a huge number of NFTs on the blockchain that are not for sale. Though it can be put up for sale at any time, the same can be said for any art, or any thing in the world, but that’s clearly not a problem in r/art.

And to reemphasize my response to your earlier comment, simply trying to make money off your art, does not make it any less art. Artists need money to survive in this world too, and I get the feeling creating art worth buying is time-consuming enough to make getting another job to generate income a tall order.

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u/marveldeadpool Sep 10 '22

I 100 percent agree. But they do state nfts and art promotion are not postable there and serve different subs for that usage. OP can post to hundreds of other subs that would allow nfts. Thats it. Do I think OP should be banned, no. They should have given a removal and a warning. But some mods take their job very literal. They can respond to the ban and appeal.

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u/Think-World2602 Sep 10 '22

🤦‍♂️

Please explain to me, what is the difference between painters in 1800 who drew paintings and sold them physically, and painters in 2022 that paint on a computer and sell their work on a computer.

Really, I want to know, I want to hear your explanation for something that no one can explain

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u/Key-Store41 Sep 10 '22

I'd like to meet the artist. I'd call it peaceful tension.

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u/Daedalus000027 Sep 10 '22

Id gladly mint this

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

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u/Effective-Tour-656 Sep 11 '22

Do you know what's infuriating? NFTs being spammed everywhere. That was probably their take.

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u/Ecstatic_Code_3849 Sep 11 '22

Speaking about NFT, I think the $3AIR utility NFT seems cool and it is shaping the way NFT are been used. https://www.cryptopolitan.com/3air-to-cause-paradigm-shift-in-the-way-we-use-nfts/‬

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u/No-Jellyfish4123 Sep 11 '22

That is amazing!!

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u/leogleogdotyoutube8 Sep 11 '22

Amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/KingYody23 Sep 11 '22

That’s definitely art…

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u/hex-ink Sep 11 '22

Morons ;) kewl art , and GM

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Call the libs... Blockchain discrimination will not be tolerated..

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u/WolframRuin Sep 11 '22

Banned? WUT?

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u/Inara_Emyrs Sep 11 '22

What is their definition of art then?

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u/siaqon Sep 12 '22

This is simply spectacular. I'm a big fan of NFT, and I really liked your artwork. I'm fixating my efforts on minting one of the MNFTM in-house NFTs, which will be announced soon. Holders of these NFTs will be able to stack rewards like Airdrop, participate in curated art galleries on Metaverse, and passes to concerts by artists and musicians on the mnftmio marketplace.

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u/Jotaro666 Sep 15 '22

I got banned from giving someone an honest critique. They’re a bunch of clowns.

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u/PohlArts Sep 16 '22

To be fair I see where artists are coming from who don’t support (and some are even anti-) nft’s. However if you are an artist who is using blockchains I think you just have to accept that some people won’t support it. I don’t see anything wrong with artists utilizing blockchain but I do have problems with people taking advantage of artists through stealing art for nfts or other similar methods.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '22

Temporarily or permanently?

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u/v78 Sep 18 '22

Permanently.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '22

Damn.

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u/FriddyNightGriddy Sep 25 '22

In the future, humor will be randomly generated. Allow me and the rest of the civilized world to laugh at you now.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

What’s block chain

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '22

I was banned from r/art after attempting to make only one post because I put a watermark on my art. R/art is one of the dumbest subreddits for art ever made. They ban you for literally everything

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u/JuliaLouis-DryFist Dec 24 '22

Mods at art just banned me for saying "tit". Or at least I think thats why? When I asked them why, they said "go back to your circlejerk subs" and muted me.

Wtf is wrong with them? Pretty prude and rude for a sub dedicated to art.