[whywhywhywhy]

and similar to NFTs the artists involved in early computer art also faced harassment

"Indifferent as many critics and curators were, there were some responses to computer art that were considerably more severe. In fact, computer art has aroused the kind of extreme resentment that characterized many of the idolatry controversies scattered through the history of art. Beyond the sabotaging of computers, physical attacks have been made on artists for their involvement with such devices, and the careers of art curators have been significantly damaged by their participation in computer art exhibitions. Though it is commonly accepted that computer art was unpopular upon its arrival, many are unaware of the level of vitriol directed toward computer artists. In a case reaching the levels of harassment and personal attack, Grace Hertlein reported that she was called a “***” and “traitor” by a fellow artist, who saw her choice of medium as morally questionable and as a complete rejection of authentic artistic traditions"[1]

All sounds very similar to whats happening to a lot of artists thanks to Memo Akten's cryptoart.wtf name and shame site.

[1]: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/when-the-machine-...

[iamacyborg]

> All sounds very similar to whats happening to a lot of artists thanks to Memo Akten's cryptoart.wtf name and shame site.

I don’t think that’s fair. Artists should be aware of the impact of their work and that site served to educate a great number of people on the ecological harm of NFT art.

That isn’t to say that those artists deserve to be harassed about it though.

[whywhywhywhy]

He could have pointed out the impact hypothetically without creating a call out side to target artists and pinpoint their exact numbers. Also some are disputing if the figures on the site are even accurate.

He knew what he was doing and he knew how Twitter would react and people would be harassed for it.