• EdibleFriend@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I legitimately thought this was some dude drawing fucking apes and then selling them to morons

        • federalreverse-old@feddit.de
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          That certainly was the basis, they bought ape artwork from a freelance artist, then generated OVER 9000 variations and sold that stuff off. But, while the artist was a freelancer, they had three four co-founders iirc. Then they needed to get a bunch of celebrities on board. And they had lots of interesting plans for “perks” for their members. Some of which irl, some of which online. And of course you need some kind of customer service or at least Discord moderation. So yeah, I guess some employees were needed.