{"id":21080,"date":"2023-08-11T22:13:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T22:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/nft\/decentralized-social-media-app-friend-tech-gains-momentum\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T22:13:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T22:13:34","slug":"decentralized-social-media-app-friend-tech-gains-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/nft\/decentralized-social-media-app-friend-tech-gains-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Decentralized Social Media App ‘Friend.Tech’ Gains Momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Decentralized social media app Friend.Tech<\/a> is making headlines after it conducted a reported 100,000 transactions in volume in a single day \u2013 believing to have even eclipsed OpenSea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What is Friend.Tech?<\/h2>\n

One of the hottest apps on Base, Friend.Tech, tokenizes crypto personalities by allowing users to buy and sell \u201cshares\u201d of people, which fluctuates according to supply and demand. Ownership of these \u201cshares\u201d then grants a user access to a private chat with that person<\/p>\n

It served as one of the first players who ventured into decentralized social media, while seemingly gaining significant traction prior to it devolving, thanks to its @TweetDAO project<\/a> \u2013 an NFT which granted access to posting from a shared Twitter account.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Its developer, who goes by the name @0xRacerAlt<\/a>, was also the lead developer of @TweetDAO.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more trading and speculation on you, the more money you make,\u201d tweeted Coinbase\u2019s Senior Staff Software Engineer Yuga Cohler (@yuga.eth<\/a>).<\/p>\n

How to Sign Up<\/h2>\n

Currently, the social media app is in beta, invite-only through referral codes that Cohler has been generously sharing across X.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cohler also shared that due to the app\u2019s surging popularity, it barely works due to the \u201cexcessive traffic,\u201d noting that the app\u2019s data latency is greater than 10 seconds.<\/p>\n

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The app has been so popular in the day since its inception that it barely works, crumbling under excessive traffic.<\/p>\n

Most of the screens do not load, most of the time. Data latency is often >10s.<\/p>\n

And yet, the user growth is unstoppable. What accounts for this? pic.twitter.com\/3TnIwuVUfC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 yuga.eth \ud83d\udee1 (@yugacohler) August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cThe more referrals, the more \u2018points\u2019 you get airdropped every Friday,\u201d Cohler posted.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/t.co\/L11mNJZgY3 is currently in beta, so invite-only. The more referrals, the more “points” you get airdropped every Friday.<\/p>\n

That “Airdrop” is a tab unto itself speaks to the dev team’s deep understanding of the crypto community.<\/p>\n

CT loves aidrops. pic.twitter.com\/o21rhjh7un<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 yuga.eth \ud83d\udee1 (@yugacohler) August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

One user, who goes by the name of @functi0nZer0<\/a>, put together a spreadsheet that outlines what he believes is the pricing model for Friend.Tech, but isn\u2019t confirmed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Will This Frenzy Last?<\/h2>\n

While Friend.Tech could be compared to previous attempts by apps like BitClout and DeSo Protocol, the community seems to think this execution is much different, due to the \u201ctech choices\u201d and \u201cgo-to-market strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for whether this will last beyond the current hype stage, that remains to be seen. However, it does put an interesting (and bizarre) perspective on assessing an individual\u2019s measured self-worth in the crypto space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n