So let me get this straight: > Blackdove makes a deal to acquire Foundation, artists and collectors assume their history, works, and provenance will be preserved > Blackdove takes over accounts, tone feels off, disconnected from the community, something doesn’t sit right > nothing really happening besides lots of 404’s > no clear communication > behind the scenes they line up curators and artists for a drop, signaling business as usual > then the deal falls through without much public explanation after having full control already > messaging pivots to “our core business is strong” while the Foundation takeover no longer moves forward > platform gets shut down, no migration plan, no timeline, no clarity > announce their own marketplace coming soon while the situation around Foundation remains unresolved > original Foundation team had already handed over control, now they can’t step back in to stabilize anything > Blackdove says access and keys will be returned for transition > Foundation says they don’t have access, no way to manage or restore the platform > then Blackdove suddenly says the platform could be reactivated on their end anytime for a transition > so why shut it down abruptly in the first place, without any transition window or warning? > from the outside, artists and collectors appear left without clear care, support or direction > @visualizevalue steps in to preserve the history of Foundation regardless of what happens to the platform This is all satire and playing with the feelings of real people building in this space for years.