Web3 Business Podcast Community Driven Art: TheHug.xyz
Sep 8, 2023
Debbie Soon, an artist and contributor to the Web3 community, discusses the importance of internet communities in the art world. She shares her journey into NFTs, her background in finance, and starting a company with Randy Zuckerberg. They explore the mission of The Hug, a social marketplace for artists to connect and monetize their work. The podcast also covers the potential of NFTs for artists, implementing a point system and gamification in a community-driven art platform, supporting artists through discovery and education, and the announcement of a new book and website.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Exploring Community Driven Art and Debbie's Journey into NFTs
02:47 • 2min
Meeting Randy Zuckerberg and Starting a Company Together
04:38 • 3min
Mission and Social Marketplace of The Hug
07:19 • 3min
Exploring NFTs as Additional Opportunities for Artists
10:32 • 16min
Lessons learned from implementing a point system and the use of gamification in a community-driven art platform
26:33 • 3min
Supporting Artists Through Discovery, Curation, and Education
29:14 • 15min
Art, Social Media, and a New Book
44:15 • 2min