Alex Hugh Sam
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🕹️ I write non-fungible thoughts on the nft ecosystem | juggler @joysticklabs_ | OB @azuki | holder @pudgypenguins | obsessed 🏴
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During the last fud, I was disappointed in myself that I didn't publicly vocalize my thoughts nor did I openly support the
@Azuki
team.
So this time, I'm writing a giant ass essay on Twitter to make sure I do.
TLDR;
I'm still disappointed by most of what happened in…
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⛩ Azuki Mintlist Giveaway ⛩
Bullish (and thankful) on Azuki cause they allow their most trusted beans to do ML giveaways.
Cause beans success = Azuki success
To enter:
Follow
@azukizen
&
@alexhughsam
Like, RT & comment why you’re bullish on Azuki
Winner picked in 24h! IZK!
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Guys will buy multiple 1K online courses, pay 200$/month in productivity app subscriptions and create the perfect note-taking workflow just to not take action.
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Spent the last two days trying to find my forever Azuki and finally managed to get it 😭😭😭
Never thought I'd spend this much on a jpeg, but being in the garden with my fellows 🅱️eans feels where I 🅱️elong.
Can't wait to see what's next for
@AzukiZen
now that I'm all in! IKZ!!
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The best projects out there (Punks, Kongz, BAYC and CC) all have one thing in common:
They didn't rely on established influencers to promote the project, they elevated the voices of their own members instead.
I feel this is what's happening with
@AzukiZen
.
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There is a huge problem of recency bias in the nft space.
Unless the project is BAYC, if it hasn't done anything in the past few weeks, people are tempted to forget it and just hop on to whatever is the current hot trend.
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Community building in most early-stage nft projects are broken.
Here are some of my thoughts on the issues and how to fix them:
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I started my web3 journey 4 months ago.
Since then I've turned 2ETH into 55ETH worth of jpegs.
I've written defi and nft articles.
And I'm now a contributor for two DAOs.
Here are 100 thoughts on web3, nfts, defi and daos for
@threadapalooza
👇
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After seeing the bloodbath aftermath of the
@KarafuruNft
mint, I finally understand why the
@AzukiZen
team decided to do the DA first and then do the mint list after.
Again shows the thoughtfulness behind their decisions.
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Found my forever
@KPRVERSE
. Art is amazing.
Might rotate my others to a rare to finalize my collection.
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This is a story on how I convinced
@AliAbdaal
, a popular productivity YouTuber, to "give" me $749.
You'll find lessons on getting what you want, taking risks and how to send a good cold email.
A THREAD 🧵👇
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Some
@coolcatsnft
alpha:
"The goal is to create the Pokemon of the nft world. The difference is that you actually own the characters that you collect" 👀
Maybe cool cats are undervalued? 🤷♂️
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So I'm finally back from touching grass and the reason why is cause.... I GOT MARRIED 💍!!!!
Honestly the best day of my life by far and it was so fun being surrounded by everyone that you love and that has impacted your life in some shape of form.
P.S. (There's a surprise web3…
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Surprisingly got some DMs asking what I'm using for my 100 days of copywriting.
So I decided to create a mega thread that includes a mix of both free and paid resources for those who want to learn or get into copywriting.
[THREAD] 👇
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The 2022 project that I'm the most bullish on is
@AzukiZen
.
Although completely different projects, I had the same feeling of trust and belief that I have for
@coolcatsnft
(which i believe is a blue-chip).
And I didn't know why until a few days ago 👇
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I've been binge-watching
@HealthyGamerGG
videos for the past month and decided to start taking notes because his videos are full of actionable advice.
Here's a summary from his most recent VOD with
@REALMizkif
with lessons on how to focus and how to be present.
🧵👇
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Bittersweet moment for me, but finally sold my
@pudgypenguins
.
Really wanted to keep him, but I promised myself that I will take more profits this year so I did.
Hope to come back soon, but for now I'm chilling with this
@LilPudgys
and still supporting
@LucaNetz
and team 🫡
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I still remember spending night and day following the
@AzukiOfficial
reveal just browsing the gallery in hopes of finding my forever azuki.
Can't believe that I was able that the seller would agree to let go of it.
One year later and it's now my digital identity.
!IKZ
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Been bullish on
@LucaNetz
for a good while now and finally pulled the trigger on this little
@pudgypenguins
.
Gf thought it was cute and reminds me a lot of Zenitsu from Demon Slayer.
Thanks to the homies
@swanister
and
@zero1ex
for the push to pull the trigger 🫡
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We already know that Valhalla has an amazing community (led by
@NFTea_Sammi
) and a thoughtful leadership team (led by
@notalexlin
).
But what makes me super bullish on the team is that they have one thing that most nft projects don’t:
An end game.
1/a lot
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Spoiled that my first nft night event was the
@AzukiOfficial
party last night!
Team did an amazing job and the vibes were unreal.
Meeting people IRL was what also made it so special.
!IKZ
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Alright so I've been browsing
@pudgypenguins
traits all week. Definitely think I want a bear hat (polar, grizzly or panda) or ninja headband.
Looking for a clean one and can pay a couple ETH above fp if it makes sense. Can the huddle help out
@LucaNetz
?
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October 31st, in Shibuya.
Today is the only day you can retweet this !!
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Hey
@ParallelNFT
went through all the new cards and created a spreadsheet with all the new PD2 cards if ever people wanted to view the whole collection.
Only included first editions, SEs and PLs.
Link below 👇
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It’s always clonex or azuki but why not clonex AND azuki??
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So what is Azuki announcing on march 30th?
wrong answers only.
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“We’re building the next big Web3 IP” - BAYC, Azuki and Pudgys.
@zokioverse
is aiming to do the same and wanted to learn if they would succeed.
So I listened to 7 different Twitter Spaces and made a comprehensive breakdown of the project 👇
(Read until the end for WL opp)
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The shadow angels of
@asterixlabs
and why you are not bullish enough.
Despite smaller Twitter followings than big names like
@graildoteth
@dingalingts
and
@9gagceo
, these "lesser known" angels hint towards even bigger things for
@asterixlabs
.
Here's why: 👇
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Asking someone to find their niche when starting to write online is the equivalent of asking a high school graduate to choose their career at 18.
If you don't know yet, then don't pressure yourself and just follow your curiosity.
Let your niche find you instead.
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『N a k a m a』
"A friend, comrade, or crew member"
This is my most personal piece since it represents my journey in web3 and the friends / nakamas I have made along the way.
I also wanted to talk about each nakama and what they mean to me 👇
🎨:
@Joshuayapable
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When you dislocate your ankle but still want to look good for date night
Also
@Azuki
ankle boot wen???
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GM ☕️
The
@Azuki
Vegas event is only a few weeks away. Are yall ready?
My Azuki and I definitely are 🫡
🎨:
@notchesky
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The Fate series expanded beyond its original visual novel and became a hit anime and a profitable mobile game grossing more than 7 billion dollars in players' dollars spent.
Like the Fate series,
@Rosentica
is following a very similar blueprint and is the reason why I believe it…
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As a knowledge worker, I feel there are 4 main activities that you should be doing weekly:
- Consume (ex: reading)
- Create (ex: writing)
- Process (ex: inputting notes to Roam)
- Review (ex: weekly review)
Anything that I'm missing?
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Feel there's not enough
@pudgypenguins
commissions, so I knew I had to make one when I got mine.
My pudgy reminded me so much of Zenitsu, so wanted to have a Pudgy x Demon Slayer esque piece.
Thanks to the amazing
@RyouHora
for making this a reality.
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So was reviewing my work emails and look what I found.
A
@pudgypenguins
gif used in the wild while they had no idea this was a pudgy penguin.
The pudgy infiltration is inevitable 🫡
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Unfortunately had to miss this spaces, but thankfully it was recorded!
The vibes from this talk were insane. Took some notes ✍️ while listening to it and wanted to share with yall
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Sad to see so many influencers turning out to be bad guys.
I trust very few, but gut feeling tells me that
@andrwwang
@Zeneca_33
and
@Loopifyyy
are all on our side.
Hoping never to be proven wrong.
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Is
@ZAGABOND
dropping an
@Azuki
watch? ⌚️
This seemingly innocent reply by Zaga on
@0xSeraph_
's tweet is what makes me think so.
Why this tweet in particular? Well Z's known for randomly dropping hints 👇
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Gm testing out my pudgy.
I am my penguin and my penguin is me.
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So can we talk about how
@KPRVERSE
keeps on killing it with their website experience?
Just got my citizen passport and it looks amazing!
They definitely have one of if not the best front-end engineers in the space 🫡
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How I've been feeling lately from all the
@Azuki
announcements.
And tomorrow's their 2nd year anniversary 👀
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Seeing so many people switching their pfp to
@AzukiZen
on my timeline is a beautiful sight.
IKZ!!!
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What went wrong with the Spotify x Moonbirds collab?
What went wrong with the CC0 announcement?
What went wrong with the fannypack launch?
The answer lies within the community 👇
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Everyone talks about morning routines or night routines.
How about mid-day routines?
What are the best habits to maintain your energy throughout the day?
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✨Today marks the first day of my [[100 Days of Copywriting]] challenge!
Two years ago, I bought ~5-6 different copywriting online courses and completed a total of 0.
Decided to finally take action and will be going through
@ComedicBizman
's 2 courses as a guideline.
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BREAKING: Turns out that
@BobuBeanFarmer
is actually just
@DemAzuki
stuck in a basement forced to reply to everyone for the weekend.
Our reporters recently caught him on the street while he was going for a sake refill.
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Neville grew
@AppSumo
's customer base from 0 to 750K using only the written word.
His trick? Using damn good copywriting.
In this
@CompoundWriting
call,
@nevmed
broke down some key copywriting principles that any writer can use to turn words into action.
Thread 🧵👇
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One thing I hope we all us beans do (and continue doing) is to celebrate (and not shame) our fellow beans that make life changing money thanks to Azuki even if that means they don’t hold anymore nfts.
Just sold my ONLY
@AzukiZen
for 15 ETH. 🧵
It’s my largest sale by far. With the insane surge of Azuki, I was faced with a choice between taking huge profits (bought during presale) or diamond hand it and risk it dipping. I chose the former.
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A few months ago, if you'd win a giveaway contest, you'd win an actual nft.
A few weeks ago, you'd win a WL spot to mint the nft.
Now, you only win an invite to the discord.
Next, you're going to get a letter of the discord link. You'll need to win 6 more to just get access.
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2024, the year of Azuki
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gm. thinking about this
@naval
quote today:
"Your only power in life is to inspire other people. And the only way to inspire them is to live the most authentic and genuine life to yourself possible."
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gm love seeing my timeline full of pengus and azukis
here are mine 🫡
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The real web3 alfa is finding people who are aligned with who you want to be and then going through that journey together.
Keep an eye on
@JoystickLabs_
in 2024.
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Asked the amazing
@mulan_art
if she could draw my Azuki and Beanz like she drew Shao and
@DemAzuki
’s beanz and it’s so cute.
Thanks so much
@mulan_art
🫶
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We started
@JoystickLabs_
on a whim after
@FrankyWWL
and
@swanister
had this crazy idea to create a community together.
It's only been a month, but It's actually been the most fun I've had in web3 in a very very long time even though I butt heads with
@FrankyWWL
every day 😂…
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Just finished
@LucaNetz
’s ep with
@carlypreilly
and damn I think im becoming a pudgy maxi.
Any
@Azuki
peeps want to direct me on the best way to learn more about
@pudgypenguins
? Unfortunately can’t just ape in like yall do 🥲
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NFTs always was the friends that we made along the way huh? 🥹🥹
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Had to support
@LucaNetz
and the rest of the Pudgy team with this amazing launch.
It's a treat to see Luca deliver a masterclass on how to build an ecomm brand in real-time.
So proud to be a member of the huddle 🫡🐧
Today is the beginning of a new era for Web3.
We’re happy to announce that Pudgy Toys and Pudgy World are now available.
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Did NOT expect
@AzukiZen
to mint out at 1ETH, but that was so fun to watch.
Congrats to the whole team! It had to be one of the hypest AND smoothest mint I've ever seen.
Gas was <$100 for 5 mints.
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I know Azuki has been a lot slower in dropping news/updates than people would expect.
But slowly, they've been building and putting the pieces together.
I don't think anyone in the space has put as much time the into their lore and storytelling as Azuki did.
And now we get to…
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How to get top 25 on the
@pacmoon_
leaderboard as a <10k following content creator
I went through all the best content creators that have < 10K followers and stole the most effective strategies so that you can get top 25 on the Pacmoon leaderboard.
Here's 6 ways how 👇
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Been wanting to get a
@TheTreeverse
plot since september last year and finally decided to pull the trigger today.
Bullish on Treeverse and especially bullish on
@Loopifyyy
!
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Girlfriend asked me why I was laughing and this is what I was staring at.
Have no idea how to explain this.
@AzukiOfficial
community is literally the strongest I've ever seen.
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I'm not super active on discord, but a big fan of what
@CyrisRigor
and the team is building at
@IsekaiMeta
.
So had to have
@ernestyu9988
do my own Azuki x Isekai.
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Chilled in
@andrwwang
's Twitch stream earlier and was one of the most enjoyable moments I've had in a while.
I know he's just doing this for fun, but I actually think this could be a HUGE thing for the space (no pressure 😅)
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The moment I saw this kidzuki from
@sadboobs_eth
I knew it had main character energy.
Now to develop that IP 👀.
Thanks to the amazing
@0xlucifurr
for bringing him to life.
CC:
@kindergardenIKZ
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Had to end my night with at least one Azuki I would rock as my pfp.
Spent the entire night looking at the whole collection and it’s amazing.
Thanks to the whole
@AzukiZen
team and community for being this special.
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Just paid 8$ so I can DM
@dingalingts
on Twitter.
Would love to make a trade with you whenever you have a chance to get this guy off you!
Have some great plans for this.
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However, you've seen it with BAYC and even Punks, the best way to actually make huge amounts of money is to be so bullish on a project that you're able to hold for 6 months to a year or even more than that.
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When learning a new skill:
Focus on quantity first.
Focus on quality only after you've put your reps in.
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If you want to read more on how to build impactful communities, I definitely recommend reading this amazing article by my friend
@nick_dewilde
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One project I'm looking forward to seeing more of in 2024 is
@TinFunNFT
.
So far, they "check all the boxes":
✅ The founder
@BitCloutCat
has already shown success through
@LaserCatNFT
(pass sitting at 8.5ETH right now) and has insane reach on Twitter
✅ Has insane art (I mean…
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This is a story of how a regular kid coming out of high school got signed by
@ChrisZarou
(
@logic301
's manager) in only 5 months, all while battling with depression.
Here are lessons on putting yourself out there, the power of the internet and pursuing your passion.
THREAD 🧵👇
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We never left 🫘
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Counter-intuitively, you want to take a slower approach to build your community.
Coined by
@nick_dewilde
, you want to find your community multipliers.
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I realized that most of my life decisions were made from a place of fear.
So no wonder why I almost always regret those decisions.
In 2021, my goal is to operate from a place of love instead 👇
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The problem is when projects dangle the financial incentive FIRST before even building the community.
When this happens, the community builds on financial success as its first layer, instead of relationships.
The projects that do this are the most likely to fail.
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you: going out to a bar with friends on a saturday night
me: chatting about 🇨🇦 crypto taxes with
@AzukiZen
homies on a saturday night
we are not the same
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First time minting something in a LONG while, but had to support the friends
@kyou_eth
@TaisheenEth
and the rest of the
@ConvictionStd
team 🫡
Excited to see the anime being developed 👀
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Had to support
@bobubeanfarmer
, but also wanted to keep rocking my pfp.
Thanks to the amazing
@RenRen2_0
for Bobufying my Azuki 🔥🔥🔥
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Yesterday I posted an atomic essay that got a total of 0 likes.
Yes, I know, first world problems. But honestly, it sucked. I spent time an effort for... "nothing."
But that's when I caught myself. I realized that I was writing for the algorithm.
What do I mean by this? 👇
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Just a reminder that a lot of startups going through YC still fail.
This is not to diminish Alex or any other YC founder, but a reminder that worked at X company is only ONE data point in the entire analysis of a project.
It's a good sign, but you need MUCH more data points.
projects co-founded by ex-YC (
@ycombinator
) founders:
@AzukiOfficial
@DigiDaigaku
@Memeland
@joinvalhalla
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Taking a shot in the dark here but
@garyvee
would love to see if you can provide any help.
I know that you were able to veefriends to be graded and would be huge if you can help out
@HM_0222
and the
@ValeriaStudios
team.
I'm also a
@veefriends
2 holder if that helps 🫡
If anyone knows a grading company we can get onboard with grading Valeria cards shoot me a dm. I know a ton of you on here are super well connected.
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This is what happens when projects prioritize increasing their discord members through invite contests, put a lot of time in marketing or try to raise money right away.
The discord then gets 20K members in a few days where the majority of them are the "!wen wl" folks.
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