Cool idea, sure. Maybe they should have had the marketing team look at the banner image before going live. Definitely undermines the perceived legitimacy of the effort in my opinion: https://twitter.com/bluesky
if anything, whimsical memery adds authenticity, sincerity, hacky feeling. i'd be suspicious of anything more packaged or polished
I love that little creature. Why don't you?
I personally get really strong uncanny valley vibes from that thing. I might dig a cartoon version of it, but that banner image seriously creeps me out.
I don't even think it is a real animal, it looks like a capuchin monkey or something. Anyone know what species it is?
it's an art doll (like a puppet)
My feeling is that they're hackers who are already working in dweb/crypto