Liam Payne just launched a brand new Twitter account devoted solely to his love for NFTs
but he was immediately met with plenty of backlash from fans for this very important
reason…
— Let’s get into it
It seems Liam Payne doesn’t wanna spam fans anymore on all things non-fungible tokens,
so he decided to create a new Twitter account dedicated to just that.
As of Tuesday, Liam has a second account with the handle @PaynoEth, paying a nod to the
nickname Directioners came up for him years ago as well as one of the fastest-growing
cryptocurrency at the moment, Ethereum.
Liam’s promising to dive deep into the emerging market of NFTs and bring fans along for the
ride, but he also made it perfectly clear that he will still continue to post on his
O-G account.
In fact he made the big announcement on his old account writing,
"Hey guys I’ve decided to start a new Twitter account to just talk about NFTs…I know I
get pretty excited about it sometimes.
If you’re interested go follow @PaynoEth and come say hello"
Liam then went on to tweet for the very first time on his new account, and it was a message
that read, "WELCOME!
This is the start of something new for me which is always exciting.
Come with me on this crazy NFT journey as I share more with what’s going on in my
world.”
At the time of reporting, over 60 thousand of his 34 plus million followers on his original
Twitter account have flocked to @PaynoEth to show Liam love and support.
However, not all fans are happy with Liam’s newfound fascination with NFTs...
Several of them replied on Liam’s thread with links and messages about the harmful
effects NFTs pose for the environment.
One fan wrote, “im literally begging u to stop pleaseee i know its profitable but so
many other things are too!”
Another user had this to say, "liam... nft's are not good for the environment darling,
why do you insist on supporting it?”
Yet another fan pointed out that a tweet from Liam from about a year ago “aged badly”
as it was about Earth day and our impact on the planet, and Liam even said to be excited
about learning how to reduce his footprint on the environment…
And well, according to some of the links fans provided, NFTs, like cryptocurrencies, rely
on something called blockchains for selling, trading and storage, which require a massive
amount of energy and thus leave a huge carbon footprint.
It’s been reported that Liam’s cryptocurrency of choice, Ethereum, annual energy consumption
used to process its online transactions is roughly the same as Nigeria’s annual energy
consumption.
And unfortunately most of the electricity used on NFTs is coming from fossil fuels instead
of renewable energy sources which has led some artists to stop selling them…
Still confused about what exactly is an NFT?
“I’m still confused.”
Don’t worry, me too.
Well, other fans retweeted a hilarious comparison where someone buys the Mona Lisa for $65 million
and printing out the receipt means burning an unspecified amount of the Amazon rainforest.
Then the seller goes to an unmarked supply closet in the back of the museum and posts
a handmade label with the name of the new owner behind some brooms.
And when this person asks to take the painting home, they’re informed that they can’t
because they only bought the receipt so they are just allowed to take a replica from the
gift shop.
Oh yeah, how’s this for a surprise twist, the person selling the receipt has never actually
owned the Mona Lisa painting either…
WAIT, WHAT?
Well, we can only hope that Liam will look deeper into it all so that he’s fully aware
of the effects of his actions regarding NFTs.
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Also let us know in the comments your thoughts on Liam getting deep into NFTs…
I’m your girl Sussan Mourad, you can find me on socials @Sussan_Mourad.
I’ll see you next time!