Bored Apes Yacht Club Founders' names revealed! Is it doxxing?
Hi HODLers and NFT lovers,
Buzzfeed, a news/scoop company known for a lot of low quality and highly controversial articles has just published a new one where they reveal the identity of 2 of the 4 BAYC founders.
You all now BAYC NFT collection worth hundreds of millions now !
You can find the article here
The internet and Crypto Twitter all had different reactions to this news.
One of the main reaction was calling it "doxxing" therefore implying that this article and outing was clearly over reaching and going into privacy issues.
If you do not know what doxxing is, here is a good definition:
Doxxing is a term that typically refers to publishing personal details about a person in order to subject them to harassment or punishment.
Despite the backlash on Twitter, Buzzfeed tried to make their point showing themselves as some kind of white knights
Taking advantage of every opportunity
Solano and Aranow, both outted seem to have decided to take advantage of the situation. Shortly after the BuzzFeed article appeared, they posted pictures of themselves on Twitter in a "Web2 me vs Web3 me"
Web2 vs Web3 mentality?
I guess this might be a generational shift and therefore we are in for a lot more of these misunderstandings. Bring it Web2 ! We are ready :D.
Sources BuzzFeed Outs Bored Ape Yacht Club Founders: Doxxing or Journalism?
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hello @vlemon,
I think a lot of sensationalist media are looking for more audience with this kind of news, but the community is quite mature so they only give a bit of negative publicity but they don't affect the project in a big way.