59 min
Ep. 13 - Robin aka Supermassive from BasedAF, formerly The Defiant The Juicecast
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- Technology
In this episode, Brileigh and Matthew sit down with Robin Schmidt, also known as Supermassive. Robin is a multimedia beast, creating high quality video content formerly at The Defiant and now at Based AF. In this conversation, Robin tells us about the pitfalls of the creator economy, and how web3 is falling short. He also explains why he’s leaving the Defiant to take on his most ambitious venture yet at BasedAF where he plans to explore his interest in the metaverse somewhere between web2 and web3.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:58 Welcome
00:01:40 The meaning behind “Supermassive”
00:04:39 What is the creator economy
00:07:30 Web3 and the creator economy
00:13:33 Robin’s thoughts on solutions for monetization, and discovery for creators
00:21:51 The lack of sustainable profit models for crypto organizations
00:25:54 Why Robin is leaving the Defiant and what is BasedAF
00:33:38 Benevolent Supervillain Juicebox project for dialysis machines
00:36:40 Sudoswap and artist royalties
00:37:29 Challenging the relationship between creators & their audience and Robin’s new PFP collection
00:41:08 Takeaways from experiments in web3 that try to solve complex problems
00:44:43 Why Robin is crowdfunding Benevolent Supervillain on Juicebox
00:45:40 What Robin hopes to achieve with BasedAF
00:49:43 FORMING, a hyperverse concert by Lexicon Devils to crowdfund for web3 musicians
00:53:08 Audience As A Service (AAAS)
00:58:34 50 mile marathon and the vomit comet
00:59:23 Outro and disclaimers
Topics discussed:
The Defiant
BasedAF
Juicebox
Youtube
The creator economy
Metaverse
Lexicon Devils FORMING
Relevant links:
Follow Robin on Twitter: @IamSuperMassive
BasedAF website: based-af.com
Follow BasedAF on Twitter: @we_are_BasedAF
Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH
Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money
Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb
Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh
Credits:
Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Engineering: Matthew Brooks
cc0 music by Daniel Allen (Collage #0069)
In this episode, Brileigh and Matthew sit down with Robin Schmidt, also known as Supermassive. Robin is a multimedia beast, creating high quality video content formerly at The Defiant and now at Based AF. In this conversation, Robin tells us about the pitfalls of the creator economy, and how web3 is falling short. He also explains why he’s leaving the Defiant to take on his most ambitious venture yet at BasedAF where he plans to explore his interest in the metaverse somewhere between web2 and web3.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:58 Welcome
00:01:40 The meaning behind “Supermassive”
00:04:39 What is the creator economy
00:07:30 Web3 and the creator economy
00:13:33 Robin’s thoughts on solutions for monetization, and discovery for creators
00:21:51 The lack of sustainable profit models for crypto organizations
00:25:54 Why Robin is leaving the Defiant and what is BasedAF
00:33:38 Benevolent Supervillain Juicebox project for dialysis machines
00:36:40 Sudoswap and artist royalties
00:37:29 Challenging the relationship between creators & their audience and Robin’s new PFP collection
00:41:08 Takeaways from experiments in web3 that try to solve complex problems
00:44:43 Why Robin is crowdfunding Benevolent Supervillain on Juicebox
00:45:40 What Robin hopes to achieve with BasedAF
00:49:43 FORMING, a hyperverse concert by Lexicon Devils to crowdfund for web3 musicians
00:53:08 Audience As A Service (AAAS)
00:58:34 50 mile marathon and the vomit comet
00:59:23 Outro and disclaimers
Topics discussed:
The Defiant
BasedAF
Juicebox
Youtube
The creator economy
Metaverse
Lexicon Devils FORMING
Relevant links:
Follow Robin on Twitter: @IamSuperMassive
BasedAF website: based-af.com
Follow BasedAF on Twitter: @we_are_BasedAF
Follow Juicebox on Twitter: @juiceboxETH
Juicebox Protocol's website: juicebox.money
Follow Matthew on Twitter: @0xmatthewb
Follow Brileigh on Twitter: @0xbrileigh
Credits:
Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Engineering: Matthew Brooks
cc0 music by Daniel Allen (Collage #0069)
59 min