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Two NFT copycats are fighting over which is the real fake Bored Ape Yacht Club

The Verge

Digital marketplace OpenSea has banned the PHAYC and Phunky Ape Yacht Club (or PAYC) collections, both of which are based on the same gimmick: selling NFTs with mirrored but otherwise identical versions of high-priced Bored Ape Yacht Club avatars. Like other avatars, though, anybody can technically copy or modify the associated ape picture.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), 9) Browse pictures of baby animals regularly. It is clearly not a fad, and yet the vast majority of nonprofits have zero budgets for social media. 4) Read more books.

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Florida men revealed to be behind Bored Apes

The Verge

After BuzzFeed ’s article was posted, the two later responded to the situation with the “Web2 me vs. Web3 me” meme on Twitter, in which you essentially compare a photo of yourself in the real world with an NFT or avatar that’s supposed to represent you in the metaverse.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Snapchat

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In fact, Snapchat is giving rise to anew type of artist – the Snapchat artist. To gain new Snapchat Friends, you can use your new Snapcode as an avatar on social networks (rotate one week and one week off). ” Snaps are picture or video messages that can be sent directly to Friends or shared to your nonprofit’s Story.

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Who’ll make the next million-dollar NFT?

The Verge

Generative profile picture NFTs are all the rage, but creators say it’s not just about the money The first time Tom Williamson and Rob Mehew tried to make an NFT project, they landed on unicorns. Illustration by Claudia Chinyere Akole. Overweight unicorns, actually. Only one sold. This is a really easy in to a community of people.”.

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Seven Tips to Optimize Your Twitter Page

NTEN

Avatar - Square image up to 700k, consistently branded. Not all logos translate will into a square format or can be easily recognized when shrunk down, so be sure it will fit well before you put it as your profile picture. Some organizations choose to use a picture of the person in charge of the tweets instead of a logo.

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‘Deepfake’ that supposedly fooled European politicians was just a look-alike, say pranksters

The Verge

Deepfakes use AI techniques to generate or manipulate videos and pictures. Artist: William Joel. They did so by cold-calling and emailing their targets from fake addresses, using a real picture of Volkov as their digital avatar. As proof, the pair shared some of this correspondence with The Verge.