The Leaderboard is a Web3 Dating Application that gives users the option to reveal their financial lives and NFT wallet on their dating profile. Transparency becomes a mechanic for sexual preference. I am speculating on a future where NFTs are not just tradeable artworks, but rather encrypted information that acts as part of our social identity. When you buy a new car, you receive an NFT, when you receive a loan, you receive an NFT, when you attend a concert you also receive an NFT. The Leaderboard is not supposed to be an achievable or even a preferred future. Rather it is a discursive design project that asks us to think about our own spending behaviors. It asks – <\/p>\n\n\n\n
How much of our irrational spending comes from trying to “look the part”?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What would your dating profile look like? Would you still pose with your sports car if we knew it was still financed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Creating the conjecture was an exploration of myself. I reflected on my own habits and irrational expenses. Why do we purchase Gucci? It’s a critique on the entire concept of celebrity endorsements and high fashion. There is enough design dedicated to asking more of consumers, I think it is refreshing to think about designing for less. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
X –<\/strong> I am attracted to this concept because of the opportunities to play with dating app mechanics. I can decide on what the options are for preferences, how people chat, how people match, and what can be shown through the app. I like the idea of it being a subscription service that autonomously matches you and pays for your date. You just show up. All of the mechanics give room to color the landscape that is this speculative future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Leaderboard is a Web3 Dating Application that gives users the option to reveal their financial lives and NFT wallet on their dating profile. Transparency becomes a mechanic for sexual preference. I am speculating on a future where NFTs are not just tradeable artworks, but rather encrypted information that acts as part of our social […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":16754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-focus"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16760"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16953,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16760\/revisions\/16953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}