@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioI've been through so many tech hypes. If I'd have to rank them for sheer stupidity, and leave out obvious scams like NFTs, I think the Multimedia Compound Document Wars of the early-to-mid 90s stand out.
Tech companies tried to sell everyone on suddenly having videos in their invoices and 3D searches in their file browsers.
@UP8@mastodon.social💸 A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/11/fifa-2026-world-cup-tickets-dynamic-pricing-nft-resale
@hikingdude@mastodon.social"Awesome" received my first NFT scam via email. Someone wants to buy 5 photos as NFTs - for 1.5 ETH - EACH!
Who really falls for it?!
(But maybe I could make money fast 🤔)
@nelson@tech.lgbtRemember NFTs?
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgSamesies.
As I was with the Metaverse. As I will have been with "AI".
It's as if there was a pattern of people with domain experience valuing good solutions who call out bullshit tend to be right.
https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/115174150692070811
@cdarwin@c.imFifa kept the costs of 2026 World Cup tickets under wraps until the very moment of sale,
replacing the usual published table of price points with a digital lottery that decided who even got the chance to buy.
Millions spent hours staring at a queue screen as algorithms determined their place in line.
When access finally came for most, the lower-priced sections had already vanished,
many presumably hoovered up by bots and bulk-buyers (and that’s before Fifa quietly r…
@ErikUden@mastodon.dei hope all the people who had endless debates with me in 2021 about how NFTs are the future and not just some grift bubble feel... something. like, are you okay, man? how have you been???
@jdrm@social.linux.pizzaQué buenas risas nos echamos a costa de los NFTs ¿eh?
@arXiv_csCR_bot@mastoxiv.pageTraceLLM: Security Diagnosis Through Traces and Smart Contracts in Ethereum
Shuzheng Wang, Yue Huang, Zhuoer Xu, Yuming Huang, Jing Tang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03037 https:/…
