In the PvP world of Crypto Twitter, where every post feels like a battle cry and every follower a badge of honor, a new contender has emerged: Fantasy Top.
The new social fi app bills itself as the fantasy football of crypto, where users collect hero cards of their favorite influencers and compete to climb leaderboard and win weekly tournaments based on those heroes' engagement metrics. It's a hybrid of collectible card games and fantasy sports with a speculative twist that promises to elevate users to hero status. But beneath its glossy facade lies an underworld of bot-fueled engagement, high barriers to entry, and a healthy dose of cringe.
A recent X space hosted by respected content creator Mika shed light on the dark underbelly of Fantasy Top, sparking a heated debate among prominent guest list including such names as Ashley, ThreadGuy, Pancake, and OG, among others.
Thread, a vocal defender of Fantasy Top, argued that it adds a speculative layer on top of CT—a sort of Layer 2 for those familiar with blockchain technology. But his attempt to defend the app fell flat when he revealed a fundamental misunderstanding of math, equating 10K followers with 100 impressions to 100K followers with 1M impressions—a claim that left many scratching their heads.
Mika pulled no punches in her criticism of the app, calling it "fake as fuck" and "literally ridiculous." She slammed the app for pressuring users to change their behavior on X and described it as "the craziest ponzi scheme" she's ever seen. "Everybody is posting buy my hero card vaporwave all over the timeline."
Though the conversation was carried mostly by quips between Mika and Thread, a few notable comments came from other guests on the space. One summed it up as "a dev's wet dream," while another couldn't resist a cheeky jab at Thread, asking, "If you're a fantasy top, who's a fantasy bottom? Is it OG?"
In the end, Fantasy Top may promise to make crypto bros feel like heroes, but as Mika aptly put it, it's all just "absolute cringe." In a world where vanity metrics reign supreme, perhaps it's time to rethink what it truly means to be a hero.