Reddit captured the attention of the Web3 space yesterday with the release of its third-generation NFTs. The social media giant quickly sold out the release to mostly positive reviews. What do we know about the newest Reddit NFT drop?<\/p>\n The third generation of Collectible Avatars<\/a> features artwork from 100 different artists, over 3x the number of artists from the first two generations combined. Reddit gave the artists creative control over their pieces, only stipulating that the artwork had to involve Snoo, Reddit\u2019s alien-looking mascot, and involve a theme of \u201cfuture realities\u201d. The results are impressive.<\/p>\n Australia-based artist Alicia Freeman created three different characters. She based her Collectible Avatars on environmental themes. She stated, \u201cI decided to create avatars reflecting the rising ocean levels, the struggling bee populations, and the inevitable future of us all\u2014returning to our original stardust form.\u201d<\/p>\n Chris Torres, the artist behind the iconic internet meme \u201cNyan Cat<\/a>\u201c, took a different approach. He decided to create just one character with a higher edition size instead of creating multiple avatars with smaller edition sizes.\u00a0 Torres explained, \u201cYou can\u2019t look at it and think, \u2018There\u2019s 97 artists, here\u2019s the floor for all of them. Each artist has their own lore and their own communities behind them, so each piece will go differently depending on who it is.\u201d<\/p>\n The demand for the Reddit NFTs overwhelmed Reddit\u2019s online store. The site crashed during the mint process and some people criticized the release\u2019s lack of anti-bot measures. Apparently, there was no CAPTCHA involved in the minting process and bots were able to purchase 300,000 assets in approximately three seconds.<\/p>\n![\"Reddit's](\"https:\/\/nftevening.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Capture-4.jpg\")
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Image Credit: LuckyTrader<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhat do we know about the third-generation Reddit NFTs?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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