Jed 🚲Mar 3
daniel:// stenberg://

Today I received *two* seemingly independent offers to start a "web3" funding initiative for #curl.

That feels like two too many. No thanks. Take your scam offers to someone else.

Jan 20 at 3:52pmWeb
Show threaddaniel:// stenberg://Jan 20

according to claims, the "npm founder" has one of those web3 scampaigns here: https://bags.fm/J948jWGHJsf13FWuZxWdajRuBXxPpgLy1hMCzisvBAGS

I can't even tell if its real or not.

Show threadSeb-SolonJan 20

@bagder

Kelsey Hightower got an email from "them" and called out a scam too : https://bsky.app/profile/kelseyhightower.com/post/3mcrvema3722t

Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower.com)

I did not create this memecoin nor do I endorse any memecoins. This technology is being used to automate pump and dump schemes. The "community" is recruiting "investors" and co-conspirators with upfront payments and the promise of future gains by collectively exploiting each other. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Show threadDemiurgJan 21

@bagder It's a scam:

https://bsky.app/profile/seldo.com/post/3mcuovi6mwk2g

Laurie Voss (@seldo.com)

Someone has launched a shitcoin using my employer's name and my name, these people should be arrested.

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Show threaddaniel:// stenberg://Jan 20

It seems the proposed setup is similar to what is being described here: https://www.seangoedecke.com/gas-and-ralph/

A scam, as I presumed.

Crypto grifters are recruiting open-source AI developers

Show threadkwayk42Jan 20

@bagder the number of emails I get in a week offering to 'invest in' or to 'buy' my small business is equally stupid/scammy

Every email also comes from a .shop domain

Like, they could at least try to make it not look like a scam

Show threadYesterday's RoseJan 20
@bagder So what was the pitch? "You download the files over internet. Like you used to, bro. But get this, and this is the really clever part dude, we could use blockchain. This is going to change the game bro."
Show threadStéphanieJan 20
@bagder The only web 3 funding initiative I will accept of is someone crowdfunding for the semantic web, and I will give Internet cookie points to anyone who will even recognise that term.
Show threadChris (Master of Potate) 🥔Jan 20
@bagder Wait! Web3 is still a thing? I thought it collapsed with NFTs.
Show threadBen Cotton (he/him)Jan 20
Huh. I thought we left "web3" in 2024.