Comment by hbnsckl on 08/07/2022 at 03:38 UTC

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Okay, but...

Collectible Avatars are on the blockchain

Having Collectible Avatars on the blockchain gives you - the purchaser - ownership over your Avatar, no matter where you want to take it, on or off Reddit.

These Avatars are limited edition, meaning a set number of each creator’s Collectible Avatars are available for purchase.

How are avatars not NFTs?

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Comment by DororoFlatchest at 08/07/2022 at 04:32 UTC

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They are, just even Reddit is ashamed and embarrassed to call them that.

Comment by [deleted] at 08/07/2022 at 06:33 UTC*

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Because NFTs are not avatars.

Imagine, hypothetically, if the avatars are not stored as **NFTs** on a blockchain and instead are stored as **Files** on an FTP server.

Your quoted 3 sentences would instead be:

Collectible Avatars are on the FTP server.

Having Collectible Avatars on the FTP server gives you - ownership over your Avatar, no matter where you want to take it, on or off Reddit.

These Avatars are limited edition, meaning a set number of each creator's Collectible Avatars are available for purchase.

These sentences still make perfect sense.

Now replace the word "**Avatars**" with "**Files**" and see how confusing it becomes:

Collectible Files are on the FTP server.

Having Collectible Files on the FTP server gives you - ownership over your file, no matter where you want to take it, on or off Reddit.

These Files are limited edition, meaning a set number of each creator's files are available for purchase.

The sentences are still technically correct, but they are confusing because it becomes ambiguous when referring to "avatars" as files.