The social track is bound to become an opportunity for large-scale adoption of Web3. Which projects in the Web3 social graph protocol Lens ecosystem are worth paying attention to?
Written by Karen, Foresight News
The Web3 social track is gradually showing its edge, and social applications and tools based on the decentralized social graph protocol Lens Protocol are also springing up like mushrooms after rain.
Lens Protocol is built on Polygon and launched by the lending protocol Aave. It is a composable decentralized trading graph protocol in the form of "Home Profile as NFT" and allows any DApp integration. It has currently achieved data control and mastery by individual users, and also supports content publishing, forwarding, commenting and sales as NFT through modular settings.
Currently, Lens Protocol is developing into the infrastructure of social graphs. There are already dozens of projects built based on Lens Protocol. This article sorts out nearly 30 projects in the Lens ecosystem according to categories such as social, tools, discovery/search, etc.
The more outstanding applications currently in the Lens ecosystem include the decentralized social media application Lenster, LensFrens that can recommend profiles based on users' Web3 footprints, the Share-to-Earn social application Phaver, the link trend ranking Refract, the decentralized "YouTube" Lenstube, etc. There are also relatively innovative projects such as Soclly, a time auction network for creators or veterans, Clipto, which provides celebrity video customization services, and LensAI, an NFT image generator created using AI technology.
Lens Ecosystem Project Summary, Map: Foresignt News
Regarding Lens adoption data, there are currently more than 90,000 addresses that have applied for Lens Profile, and the total number of posts has reached 390,000. However, user stickiness is not very strong, with each Profile only publishing 4.25 posts and no more than 2 comments. Some applications may have been in a state of no one paying attention to them in recent months.
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Lenster: Decentralized social application (recommended by Lens official website, one of the winners of the first round of Lens grant program)
Lenster is a bit like Instagram. It is a decentralized social media application built using the Lens Protocol, which allows you to connect to a Web3 wallet and log in using Lens. In Lenster, we can post, browse Moments, and explore content trends. We can also directly search for related content posts or user profiles. Posts support not only pictures and GIFs, but also audio and video uploads.
In addition, when publishing a post on Lenster, you can choose who can access it, such as people you follow, people you follow, friends of friends, and everyone. You can also open the option of whether to be collected by others according to demand, set collection fees for post collectors, and share fees with post referrals. Lenster is also one of the 12 winners of the hackathon LFGrow.
Link: https://lenster.xyz/
LensFrens: Can recommend profiles based on user’s Web3 footprint (recommended by Lens official website)
LensFrens will recommend profiles that users may be interested in based on their wallet history. Users can also search for profiles directly to follow them. LensFrens can be considered a decentralized graph platform. On the Lens protocol, the personal profile URL will also jump directly to the LensFrens page.
Link: https://www.lensfrens.xyz/
ORB: A Web3 professional social media application with an on-chain reputation system (recommended by the Lens official website)
ORB is built on Polygon using the Lens protocol. It is a decentralized professional social media application with an end-to-end on-chain reputation system that connects companies, projects, and users. ORB has been released to the App Store and Google Play, but is currently in beta.
Specifically, ORB can create personal decentralized professional profiles and establish on-chain credibility by linking various NFTs and POAPs with user experience, education, skills, and projects, as well as explore job opportunities and apply for on-chain identities. It can also be used to share one's ideas on the chain, connect with Web3 people, and build communities. In addition, ORB also allows users to use fragmented time to learn Web3 knowledge to obtain NFTs, namely Learn-to-Earn.
Link: https://orb.ac/
Phaver: Share-to-Earn social application (recommended by Lens official website)
Phaver is a Share-to-Earn social app for iOS and Android, powered by Lens Protocol. In Phaver, users can post, add pictures (including instant photos), links (tweets, blogs), products, apps, select content area tags and locations, and browse all content in Lens. After connecting the wallet, Lens Profile users can post directly to Lens through Phaver. Phaver is currently in the internal testing stage (warm reminder: any Lens Profile username can be used as an invitation code).
Phaver will issue 5 tokens to users every day, and then users can stake them on 5 posts while browsing the feed. The specific token reward is related to the popularity of the post and the length of the stake, so as to help users discover the best content.
Link: https://phaver.com/
TeaParty: Social-to-Earn Agreement (Winner of the First Lens Donation Program)
TeaParty is a decentralized Web3 Social-to-Earn protocol that is building a protocol that supports P2P and B2C incentive networks, so that creators, developers, and musicians can be discovered by real fans after publishing content, and so that businesses can reach real users.
For users, they can earn income through activities such as liking, sharing, forwarding and following the host. For advertisers and creators (hosts), they only need to pay when other users like, share or forward.
To become a host, you need to deposit a reward budget in the form of MATIC in advance. The amount deposited in the contract will then be used to reward users who meet the interaction conditions set by the host. The rewards will be in the form of TEA tokens.
Link: https://app.teaparty.life/
Lenstube: Decentralized YouTube
Lenstube is an open source video sharing social media platform built on the Lens Protocol and supported by Livepeer and Vercel. When uploading videos, creators can choose the video collection objects, limit the number of collections, video categories, and set collection fees and referral fees. They can also directly forward the published videos to Lens.
Link: https://lenstube.xyz/
SOUNDIT: Web3 Audio Social Media Platform (One of the Second Lens Grant Winners)
SOUNDIT is an audio-based Web3 social media platform where users can own, share, collaborate, interact, and monetize their creations. In SOUNDIT's creator economy, a social graph is generated using the Lens protocol, where each SOUNDIT creator has a related creator index, and each fan has a fan index associated with each creator.
Link: https://soundit.com/
Gummys: A Web3 Video and Streaming Platform
Gummys is a Web3 video and streaming platform that distributes ADS revenue to users through a watch and earn system. Gummys is currently in closed beta.
According to the official website, Gummys is supported by CV VC, Icetea Labs, Encode, Filecoin, Protocol Labs, Polygon Studios, Aave, Chainlink, and Livepeer. Readers who are interested in Gummys’ token economics can check it out for themselves.
Link: https://www.gummys.io/
Share: Web3 social writing platform (one of the second round of Lens grant program winners)
Share is a Web3 social writing platform where authors can publish books, web comics, and articles in the form of NFTs, and readers can interact with their favorite authors. Share has been officially launched in beta in mid-October.
Link: https://theshr.xyz/
Iris: Social Media Platform (One of 12 Winning Projects at LFGrow Hackathon)
iris is a social platform for Web 3 creators that integrates multiple social platforms on Lens, allowing users to share exclusive content, develop communities, and have their own identities. It also allows users to control who can access their posts.
Link: https://www.iris.social/
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Embed: Allows embedding of Lens posts
Embed was built by Miguel Piedrafita, a core member of ConstitutionDAO. After users enter the URL of a Lens post, a code will be generated, and they can embed the Lens post on the website with one click.
Link: https://embed.withlens.app/
LensAI: AI NFT Generator
LensAI is an NFT generator that allows images to be created using AI, then NFTs are generated and published on Mirror. Creators can also sell them as NFTs on the Lens protocol.
Link: https://thegallerydao.vercel.app/landing
CultivatorLens: Visualizing the Social Graph (One of the winners of the second round of Lens donation program)
CultivatorLens is a visual social graph browser and tool. After entering the Lens Profile handle, you can view the social graph of the relevant Profile, discover the followers we share with others, and understand the degree of mutual connection.
Link: https://cultivator.cc/
Hashchat: Encrypted communication tool (one of the 12 winners of the LFGrow hackathon, winner of the second round of Lens donation program)
Hashchat is an end-to-end encrypted communication tool that ensures the security of users' messages and allows users to control their own data. It is currently in the testing phase. On Hashchat, Safe signers, people who own a certain series of NFTs or POAP can communicate in their respective communities.
Link: https://betav2.hashchat.xyz/
CultivatorDAO: An optional content moderation tool designed for Lens
CultivatorDAO is a Web3 social DAO designed for open, decentralized content moderation on the Lens Protocol, a solution to address spam, bots, and other risks that can harm the social graph. CultivatorDAO was built by Lens and community developers, and Lens Protocol has also introduced CultivatorDAO several times on Twitter.
CultivatorDAO is located at the middleware layer, but users can always access anything on the decentralized protocol directly. Those appointed as initial Cultivators will be responsible for maintaining two lists, a "spam" list and a "verified" list. Cultivators will receive proposals from data providers containing lists of accounts or methods to be added to either list. The DAO will vote on whether to accept the proposal. According to the previously passed proposal, the initial Cultivators include 5 members including Aave Companies data scientist pealco.lens, Lenster chief maintainer yoginth.lens, etc.
That is, regular users will be able to have more control over the content they see, as they can flag or report any content that is deemed to violate community guidelines. In addition, CultivatorDAO is also forkable, meaning that the Lens community can fork the DAO and create their own version to meet their specific needs for content moderation.
DAOscourse: DAO Governance Platform (one of the first round of Lens grant program winners)
DAOscourse uses the Lens protocol to build a DAO governance platform that allows contributors to participate in on-chain governance and own their contributions. As a DAO, you can create your own page, grow your audience, allow contributors to make suggestions, discuss, and vote. As a contributor, you can create a Profile (using Lens), own your contributions, and monitor the governance of your favorite DAOs. DAOscourse was awarded the Best DAO Tool Award at the hackathon LFGrow.
Link: https://daoscourse.com/
Zilly (one of the 12 winning projects at the LFGrow hackathon)
Zilly was also built during the LFGrow hackathon, a project that aims to ensure that all its members feel a sense of belonging. Project owners can create tasks such as tasks, voting, competitions, or bounties, and community members can receive rewards after completing each task.
Link: https://zilly.social/
Discover / Search
Refract: Link Board (Official website recommendation)
Refract claims to be a link trend ranking Link Board built on Lens. On Refract, you can share links and discover new projects, popular articles and the latest trends. However, Refract currently keeps reporting errors when posting links. The trend page currently has no content, and the latest link in the timeline column is the content posted two months ago.
https://refract.withlens.app/
Greenhouse: Search and discover friends on Lens
Greenhouse can help users search and discover friends on Lens. Enter a domain name in the search box to see if the address has a Lens Profile set up. Greenhouse was built at the ETHGlobal ETHOnline hackathon.
Link: https://greenhouse.social/
Sepana: Decentralized search protocol (recommended by Lens official website)
Sepana aims to build decentralized web search, and has built three products. Lens Search allows exploring content on Lens, Profile, and viewing social graphs and latest posts; AskMirror uses machine learning to tag and categorize content on Mirror, allowing searches for articles, content, and creators, as well as discovering content of interest. Cloutavista is an advanced search product for the decentralized network DeSo, integrated with BitClout, diamonddapp, etc.
Link: https://sepana.io/
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RE:MEME: On-chain meme remixer (recommended by Lens official website)
Built by Aave’s R&D department Newt, RE:MEME is an on-chain meme remixer built on the Lens protocol that allows users to upload meme templates and choose whether to charge a fee. Others can then use an image editor to add text, drawings, and supplementary images. RE:MEME can also be extended to media formats such as music, videos, and academic papers.
Link: https://www.rememe.lol/
Clipto: Celebrity video customization service (one of the first round of Lens grant winners)
Clipto is similar to the video website Cameo, which provides users with celebrity video customization services and a new profit model for creators. Ordinary users can also receive participation rewards when purchasing video customization services. The specific workflow is that users explore and search for their favorite creators or crypto stars on Clipto, and then they can pay the creators to request personalized videos, which will be minted into NFTs.
Link: https://www.clipto.io/
Soclly: A time auction network for creators or veterans (one of the second round of Lens grant winners)
Soclly claims to be a creator-centric and community-focused decentralized social network powered by the Lens protocol. After registering on the platform, creators or veterans can add their skills and experience, set available time slots and fees, and then help others solve problems. Requesters can make an appointment with the selected creator (half an hour), and they need to pay when making an appointment. After the appointment is successful, the funds will be transferred to the creator's wallet, and then they can meet with the creator at the agreed time. Communication on Soclly is powered by Jitsi, an open source privacy web conferencing application.
Combined with the functions of Soclly application, Soclly is more like a time-selling and knowledge-sharing project for creators or senior people, giving ordinary users an opportunity to communicate deeply with creators, while creators can also earn income from it. The current version of Soclly does not support connecting to Lens, but it will support Lens Profile after the new version is released.
Link: https://www.soclly.com/
LensPort: A social NFT marketplace for the Lens protocol
Launched in early October, LensPort is a marketplace built on the Lens Protocol that combines a social platform and NFT marketplace where users can publish and sell posts, others can support creators, and discover popular profiles and posts.
Link: https://lensport.io/
Lensta: Image streaming for the Lens protocol
Lensta is an Image Feed for the Lens protocol that lets you browse the latest, most popular, and most paid posts with images in Lens on Lenster, Lensport, etc.
https://www.lensta.xyz/
Phi: Visualizing Identity on Chain (One of the winners of the second round of Lens donation program)
Phi was originally designed to visualize on-chain identities and build a metaverse digital identity system based on common web3 facilities such as ENS domain names or wallet activities. Phi currently supports acquiring land with ENS domain names on the Polygon testnet, acquiring items based on on-chain activities, and creating on-chain identities. Phi was one of the winners of the second round of Lens Protocol's donation program.
Link: https://philand.xyz/
Lensdrop: Rewarding Followers
Lensdrop allows creators to reward their fans on Lens Protocol with airdrops or tokens.
Link: https://lensdrop.netlify.app/
Mad Finance: Web3 Advertising Protocol (One of the winners of the second round of Lens Grant Program)
Mad Finance connects sponsors with Web3 publishers and influencers through real-time funding flows (with Superfluid), giving content creators the opportunity to directly collect the fees they deserve. Mad Finance was also one of the winning projects at the hackathon LFGrow. Currently, Mad Finance has not yet been launched.
Link: https://madfinance.xyz/
Troop: Building a collaborative investment platform (one of the second round of Lens grant winners)
Troop is a collaborative investment platform based on Lens, where you can create and manage investment portfolios with friends, and then other users can invest in this portfolio to earn returns.
Link: https://www.troop.finance/
Reference:
https://aave.notion.site/Lensverse-a5926eab1d8148eda10053af9f4e28a0
https://twitter.com/LensProtocol/status/1537838785874083847
https://twitter.com/LensProtocol/status/1517161476833742854
https://twitter.com/LensProtocol/status/1509221287369261057