Captain Marvel star Brie Larson roasted for buying NFT: \u201cAnother celebrity exploited\u201d Wikimedia Commons: Brie Larson\/FlowerGirlsNFTCaptain Marvel star Brie Larson has received immense backlash after buying a \u2018FlowerGirls\u2019 NFT and making it her Twitter profile picture. As the technology has gained popularity, people all around the world have shown their distaste towards NFTs, citing that they are \u201cbad for the environment\u201d and are \u201cmoney laundering schemes.\u201d Despite the negative thoughts regarding the blockchain-enabled digital collectibles, celebrities and esports organizations all around the world have begun to find their way towards them. On February 4, Brie Larson shared with her followers on Twitter that she had picked up a \u2018FlowerGirls\u2019 NFT and made it her account\u2019s profile picture. Shortly after, she began receiving backlash regarding her involvement with the Non-Fungible Tokens. Brie Larson roasted after buying an NFT Shortly after Brie posted her new purchase onto Twitter, fans flooded her replies with distaste. Read More: Disguised Toast reveals insane Twitch boost Pokimane, xQc & Mizkif gained over \u201chate raid\u201d drama – Most mentioned the environmental impact that crypto mining has, as well as NFTs allegedly making it easier for someone to steal art and make a profit. brie, nft\u2019s are bad for the environment and make it easier to steal art from artists. this isn\u2019t right. \u2014 liv says fuck nfts \u2735 \u29d7 \u2746 (@captlavenders) February 4, 2022 Twitter user \u2018NightsongWS\u2019 claimed that Larson is committed to \u201cdestroying the livelihoods\u201d of artists \u2014 and that they were going to block her and quit watching the movies that she\u2019s in. Another celebrity committed to destroying the livelihoods of artists\/devs involved in the cinema\/games\/fine arts industries. Awesome. \/s Before I block you and your movies, here is some light watching. It\u2019s worth spending the time on. https:\/\/t.co\/L6Lw1LWqYS \u2014 Mary Williams (@NightsongWS) February 4, 2022 Others went as far as claiming that Larson is \u201cjust another celebrity being exploited\u201d in an attempt to grow the NFT community. \u201cYou\u2019re another celebrity being exploited and taken advantage of for their reach (in turn exploiting the people who follow you,\u201d one person wrote. I posted this a few weeks ago, you’re another celebrity being exploited and taken advantage of for their reach (in turn exploting the people who follow you)https:\/\/t.co\/zqT0zv6IVl \u2014 Jon Cartwright (@JonComms) February 4, 2022 This is not the first time we\u2019ve seen a celebrity or influencer reveal their involvement with NFTs. Just two days ago, 100 Thieves launched their first-ever NFT to celebrate taking home the championship at the 2021 LCS tournament. YouTuber Logan Paul has also been heavily into the growing technology \u2014 so much that he\u2019s made over $500k from the same project Larson is currently receiving backlash from. NFTs continue to grow in popularity every day, with more and more people buying into the new-age technology. We\u2019ll have to wait to see if it becomes more accepted, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Captain Marvel star Brie Larson roasted for buying NFT: \u201cAnother celebrity exploited\u201d Wikimedia Commons: Brie Larson\/FlowerGirlsNFTCaptain Marvel star Brie Larson has received immense backlash after buying a \u2018FlowerGirls\u2019 NFT and making it her Twitter profile picture. As the technology has gained popularity, people all around the world have shown their distaste towards NFTs, citing that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}