Green Means Go!- This Week in Web3, but First Discord Has an Announcement
Must Read Discord Heads-Up | Lens Protocol is on FIRE Don't Your Opportunity
OH NO!!!!!!!!!! š£
Do you know what I heard the other day? Discord is changing profile information, specifically your username.
But Why???
Here is what Discord says about it on their blog:
Starting this month, however, weāre making some big changes to how usernames and identities work on our platform.
The whole point of these changes is that we want to make it a lot easier for you and all the new users coming to Discord to connect and hang out with friends. And as Discordās Co-Founder, I wanted to talk about these changes personally. We know that your username and identity are important, and we understand that some of you may not like this change and disagree with it. We know that this is an issue you feel strongly about.
We also recognize that our current username format has been one of the things that makes Discord unique, and that this change makes our usernames look a lot like those on other platforms. To be blunt, thatās kind of the point. These werenāt easy decisions, and we didnāt come to them lightly. Weāve put a lot of thought into this (likeā¦ alot), so Iād like to walk through how we got here and whatās going to happen next.
Just what is going to happen next?
Here is a summary of how the rollup will happen š
In the coming weeks, Discord will notify users when they can update their usernames through an in-app prompt.
All Discord users will need to choose a new username as part of the transition, with access being rolled out gradually over several months.
Priority to choose the new username will be given based on when the user registered for Discord.
Access to owners of partner and verified servers will be given first, followed by users based on the age of their account starting with 2015.
Nitro subscribers paying for the ability to customize their discriminator will also get early access if they registered for Nitro on or before March 1, 2023.
Discord acknowledges that this is a significant change and there may be hiccups, but they will do their best to manage everything smoothly.
The aim of the change is to help more people connect with their friends on Discord.
Now, donāt get in a fuss over this. Things will work out fine.
We just wanted to give you a heads-up before you were hit over the head with a soccer ball and taken completely unaware.
šæ āļø Okay, My Neon Green Friendsā Itās your time to shine!
As you know, we have always been bullish on Lens Protocol.š
They were the first sponsor of Web3 Academy over a year ago, and the relationship is stronger than ever.
Naturally, the DAO has always favored Lens, and you may have noticed a recent influx of Lens Protocol updates in our recent newsletters.
Well, thatās for 1. The builders on Lens are LITERALLY shipping a new product every day, so it is very easy to talk about how great Lens is right now, and 2. The DAO is working on building an online course for all the new Lens Creators, getting closer and closer to claiming a handle! š„³ š¤
By creating a comprehensive online course about Lens, the DAO will create a revenue stream to start funding our community treasury as we prepare for bigger builds.
Covering Lens in the newsletter will help attract those excited about creating content on Lens, i.e., our target market and content contributors with Lens profiles. šÆ
The plan is to continue writing updates about Lens and dive deeper as we finish making the course. Once the course is launched, we will write richer, more valuable content for a paid tier to our LensVerse newsletter.
š„š„ Donāt Say We Didnāt Warn You!
Yes, you heard it right, Lens is heating up, and Stani is dropping Easter Eggs like Taylor Swift. šŖŗ (personal opinion of CandyToyBox)
Polygon Labs posted a full thread on preparing for a $LENS Airdrop just two days ago.
In each new podcast interview, Stani mentions more thoughts on the $LENS token, and people are beginning to notice. šāØ
Iāve noticed a significant increase in the number of articles written about Lens on Medium recently, and OpenSea offers on my profile are higher and higher each day. š¤£
šæš« Hereās Whatās Happening in The LensVerse
As we know, last week, they launched Mimoka, allowing transactions on the protocol to scale to the size they need to be for mass adoption and drastically cutting gas fees.
Also, solving usersā concerns of having to mint every comment and interaction on-chain. Now they have options, thanks to Aerweave and Bundler. š
šš Polygon Labs Daily Posted a thread about $LENS airdrop preparations.
(Thanks to Elon, š I have screenshots that link to the full thread for you right here!) š
2. šš Stripe has integrated with Lens and they have a waitlist open for their no-code embeddable fiat on-ramp. Without leaving the platform, you will be able to buy MATIC right in Lenster with your Stripe account.
šŗ š¬ LensPlay is ready to launch on mobile! They are completing their rounds in TestNet and collecting a list for early access. LensPlay is similar to YouTube and will be available on IOS and Android, visit this thread on Twitter to get early access.
š¤ š¹ Xeenon.xyz is bringing Live Streaming and more to Lens!
šŖŖ š¼ Riffapp. xyz You can use your credit card to buy music on RiffApp
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