I saw a post about the NFT site lensy.io - @jeffmackinnon/what-does-the-community-think-about-lensy-io-good-bad-etc around what it was like over there.
This had me thinking about NFTs in general and applying them to art and stock images vs other gamified collectables like Splinterlands.
My initial thoughts are that photography and art NFTs are something that can be of great value and a way to support artists. Anything that allows us to support creators on chain and allow them to create content that is shared and therefore drive traffic back to the blockchain is great for everyone with a stake in the ecosystem.
However, activity on Lensy is extremely low and I don't know what this means. Its a relatively new platform and idea, but there doesn't even appear to be a daily purchase or transaction Lensy, and the last activity was 12 days ago.
I don't think its because the site is new, its at least 6 months old, but rather with promotion. NFTs are a new idea and I really haven't heard much about them in practice until this week. I didn't know Lensy was a thing until I started searching around the photography communities after I saw that initial post by 
The problem with NFTs are similar with the problems with onboarding with Hive. You have to know at least a little about blockchain to understand what they are, and why they may be valueable. Without a game behind them, their "value" is more dubious than say buying stock images from a typical provider.
This can be solved with a concentrated education and marketing campaign, but that typically requires a centralized authority, something that goes against the nature of a decentralized social network.
Anyway, I like the idea a lot and plan to buy some art pieces to add to my screensaver backgrounds around my home. I hope you do too.
