- The Solana team was forced to delete its “Accelerate” ad after facing criticism.
- The team has yet to respond to the community backlash on social media.
The Solana team had to delete its “America is Back – Time to Accelerate” ad after receiving serious criticism from the crypto community. The team posted the advertisement in the late evening Asian hours on its X account. Even though the ad focused on political messaging, it felt offensive in terms of gender identity.
What is the Solana Controversial Ad?
The Solana team is organizing an “Accelerate” event to celebrate founders, technology, and American innovation. The event consists of two programs – “Ship of Die”, and “Scale or Die.” It is going to take place from March 19 to 23 this year.
The Solana Foundation event is basically about how America has been a leader in terms of technological innovation over the last few decades. And, it is also highlighting the present US administration’s initiative to make America Great again by supporting advanced technologies like crypto and blockchain.
In an effort to promote this event, the team created and posted an ad on X. The ad showed a man, representing America, in a therapy session, who explained that he was having thoughts about innovation. In response, the therapist says that he should do something more productive like coming up with a new gender.
The man fires the therapist and says he wants to build on-chain and reclaim his place as the beacon of innovation. Furthermore, he says,
“I built the future once and I won’t be left behind now. I will lead the world in permissionless tech, build on-chain, and reclaim my place as the beacon of innovation. I want to invent technologies, no genders.”
The ad received over 1.4 million views a few hours after going live. Trump’s administration issued an order recognizing only male and female genders, changing the current gender ideology. He forbade Americans to choose other genders on their passports. While the ad is praising the new US administration’s plans for the future, it offended a portion of the people based on their gender identity.
It received over 1,300 comments and 1,400 reposts before deletion. Even though the Solana Foundation team deleted the ad, several people saved it and reposted it on X. The ad not only alienated a certain portion of people but also against crypto ethos. Referring to the same, the product lead at Base posted saying,
“Offensive, cringe, and pandering. Base is for everyone. Solana co-opted the ‘is for everyone’ phrase last week too. This ad shows there’s still a long way to go in truly embracing that ethos.”
While some of the people replied with pure criticism, others stated that they deliberately posted this ad to get attention. The team has not yet responded to anything on the Solana controversial ad ever since its deletion.
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