Solana has deleted a controversial promotional ad from its official social media accounts following strong criticism from the crypto community for insensitivity towards gender issues.
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- The video, initially promoting the Solana Accelerate conference, depicted a therapy session where a character named “America” was advised to “focus on pronouns” instead of technological innovation. The character responded by declaring he wanted to “invent technologies, not genders,” leading to accusations of insensitivity and political bias.
- The ad quickly garnered over 1.2 million views, prompting significant backlash. Critics labeled the ad as “tone-deaf,” “cringe,” and harmful towards gender identity discussions.
Solana took down the ad approximately nine hours after its release.
- No official statement regarding its removal has been provided by the Solana Foundation. Prominent figures within the crypto industry, including executives from Blocknative and Multicoin Capital, openly criticized the ad’s content.
Quotes from Crypto Twitter personalities:
Took them 9 hours to delete it.
Also all the major players in the Solana ecosystem suddenly delete their tweets promoting/supporting the ad and RT’d and liked takes about it being bad.
They approved this, supported it and celebrated it.
They rolled it back because it hurt their business, not because they thought it was wrong.
The Solana ad was cringe not because of what it said but because it was an obvious soulless piece to cozy up with the current us administration this is not new, it’s what they do. they don’t stand by any principle but their own self interest
This Quick Take article is published on BitPinas: Quick Take: Solana Removes Ad After Community Backlash on Gender Issues
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