Twitter Claims Women Participate in 15 Percent of NFT Chatter in India

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have skilled a meteoric rise in 2021, regardless of divided opinions. In India alone, Twitter claims conversations on NFTs elevated by 3,000 p.c inside a interval of 1 12 months, from January 2021 to January 2022. According to Twitter, no less than 375 million tweets had been despatched on NFTs worldwide however at the moment, male customers dominate a large chunk of the dialog. Notably, in India, solely 15 p.c of the conversations round NFTs come from feminine customers — a determine that the microblogging platform needs to alter going ahead.

Data shared by Twitter over a press launch reveals that globally, practically 40 p.c of girls have by no means heard of NFTs whereas solely 26 p.c of girls imagine that NFTs could be a profitable funding. It is value highlighting that 25 p.c of girls surveyed by Twitter additionally see NFTs as a chance for exclusivity and to assist unbiased artists.

In order to assist ladies in speaking extra freely about NFTs, Twitter is launching what it deems to be the “first-ever global female-led NFT Community” named Women in NFTs. “The growing interest in NFTs also presents the need to address misconceptions and doubts — 22 percent believe NFTs are only for rich people and 15 percent believe NFTs will devalue physical art. Thus, the goal of the Community will be to create a safe space for women to share and get information, create connections and support each other,” the corporate mentioned.

Twitter notes that a number of feminine NFT artists from India are taking the lead in bringing extra fellow ladies into the fold of this rising dialog. Twitter’s Women in NFTs Community can be led by Akanksha Badaya, a licensed graphic designer from Jaipur, who has been engaged on a mixture of digital and conventional artwork.

The microblogging platform has additionally launched a listing of hashtags which might be getting used among the many conversations round Non-Fungible Tokens on the platform like #NFT, #NFTs, #NFTgiveaway, #NFTcommunity, #NFTart, #NFTcollector, #BSC, #Metaverse, #Crypto and #eth.

Twitter in its press launch added that its “open and conversational nature is enabling women to participate in this growing Community of NFTs and own the conversations,” highlighting that ladies are leaning “into the conversation and are ready to #OwnIt.” The #PersonalIt Twitter emoji (woven spark), as per Twitter, symbolises “the interweaving of different intersections, and as the spark spirals outwards from the centre it encourages both individual and collective action from women.”

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