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I remember when I was trying to advertise my websites in newspapers back in the day and they "didn't allow advertisements for websites." This and all the other

I remember when I was trying to advertise my websites in newspapers back in the day and they "didn't allow advertisements for websites." This and all the other crypto bans (Facebook ads, Google ads, etc.) remind me of that- old regimes afraid of new better competition that aims to remove/replace them or make them less relevant. The future will be decentralized.

JustAnotherPat 9y ago
how is bitcoin going to replace facebook exactly?
- unfunco 9y ago
  Where did you read this?
  - boffinism 9y ago
    I believe they're referring to: "the other crypto bans (Facebook ads [...] etc.) remind me of [...] old regimes afraid of [...] competition that aims to remove/replace them"
- aldoushuxley001 9y ago
  With social networks where the users own their data.
  - duskwuff 9y ago
    Cryptocurrencies are not social networks. Cryptocurrencies will not replace social networks.
    - krrrh 9y ago
      And cryptocurrencies do not prohibit people from buying and selling others people’s data.
- drharby 9y ago
  You didn't read the post correctly
  - blattimwind 9y ago
    Did you mean: you're holding the post wrong?
    - drharby 9y ago
      Maybe - never heard that vernacular
- andirk 9y ago
  Let's entertain the question with our best answer: If Facebook works because we spend the most valuable asset we have to offer which is our finite human life, then what does that have to do with bitcoin? We spend our life and we spend our money, so if one platform is based on ad revenue from our attention and the other platform is based on revenue from our trading of goods, then there may be a parallel where everything has a value even if it is not as tangible as heavy, cold, dirty gold. Whether a "social" network or a "store of value" network, both of these examples exist because we are obsessed with being connected to one another. One could say that a big difference is that Bitcoin nodes don't usually share baby pics and Facebook posts don't usually parody wire transfers, but really both could easily do both. At their guts, Facebook and Bitcoin are based on normal computers that have the knowledge and power to create streams of data from me to you. So, do we need a third party or can we handle it ourselves? Disclaimer: I have some of my ETH in cryptokitties https://www.cryptokitties.co/ https://www.cryptokitties.co/ which is a crypto platform for trading kitten pics on the Ethereum network with an exact fiat currency equivalent. I can wire transfer you my kitten within minutes, value and all, but I won't. She's too cute.
drawnwren 9y ago
No one is afraid of competition. Everyone is afraid of being complicit in fraud.
- jtmcmc 9y ago
  This is really more like they don't want to deal with deliverability issues and higher than average complaints
dimgl 9y ago
I highly doubt that MailChimp is banning the use of cryptocurrency marketing because they're afraid that cryptocurrency is going to usurp them...
kristianc 9y ago
I remember when newspapers banned ads for penny stocks, timeshares and other junk too. The newspapers are mostly doing fine. How are the penny stocks getting on?
- soared 9y ago
  Newspaper aren't really doing fine though
  - FridgeSeal 9y ago
    Yes, but not because they banned penny stock ads.
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shakna 9y ago
> The future will be decentralized. So was our past. How does cryptocurrency upset the balance of power that has caused centralisation to occur? There have been scam after scam with cryptocurrencies, and despite every player experimenting with the blockchain concept, few results. Cryptocurrencies have a very real cultural problem they need to overcome. This is a response to that cultural problem.
- tCfD 9y ago
  The problem is not with blockchain, the problem is that harder one tries to define how decentralization can be made into a self-sustaining reaction (rather than merely a transitional phase from one centralized regime to another), the more the concept evaporates. Blockchains are just the latest attempt to turn the base metal of conflict into the noble gold of cooperation.

JustAnotherPat 9y ago

how is bitcoin going to replace facebook exactly?

unfunco 9y ago
Where did you read this?
- boffinism 9y ago
  I believe they're referring to: "the other crypto bans (Facebook ads [...] etc.) remind me of [...] old regimes afraid of [...] competition that aims to remove/replace them"
aldoushuxley001 9y ago
With social networks where the users own their data.
- duskwuff 9y ago
  Cryptocurrencies are not social networks. Cryptocurrencies will not replace social networks.
  - krrrh 9y ago
    And cryptocurrencies do not prohibit people from buying and selling others people’s data.
drharby 9y ago
You didn't read the post correctly
- blattimwind 9y ago
  Did you mean: you're holding the post wrong?
  - drharby 9y ago
    Maybe - never heard that vernacular
andirk 9y ago
Let's entertain the question with our best answer: If Facebook works because we spend the most valuable asset we have to offer which is our finite human life, then what does that have to do with bitcoin? We spend our life and we spend our money, so if one platform is based on ad revenue from our attention and the other platform is based on revenue from our trading of goods, then there may be a parallel where everything has a value even if it is not as tangible as heavy, cold, dirty gold. Whether a "social" network or a "store of value" network, both of these examples exist because we are obsessed with being connected to one another. One could say that a big difference is that Bitcoin nodes don't usually share baby pics and Facebook posts don't usually parody wire transfers, but really both could easily do both. At their guts, Facebook and Bitcoin are based on normal computers that have the knowledge and power to create streams of data from me to you. So, do we need a third party or can we handle it ourselves? Disclaimer: I have some of my ETH in cryptokitties https://www.cryptokitties.co/ https://www.cryptokitties.co/ which is a crypto platform for trading kitten pics on the Ethereum network with an exact fiat currency equivalent. I can wire transfer you my kitten within minutes, value and all, but I won't. She's too cute.

drawnwren 9y ago

No one is afraid of competition. Everyone is afraid of being complicit in fraud.

jtmcmc 9y ago
This is really more like they don't want to deal with deliverability issues and higher than average complaints

dimgl 9y ago

I highly doubt that MailChimp is banning the use of cryptocurrency marketing because they're afraid that cryptocurrency is going to usurp them...

kristianc 9y ago

I remember when newspapers banned ads for penny stocks, timeshares and other junk too. The newspapers are mostly doing fine. How are the penny stocks getting on?

soared 9y ago
Newspaper aren't really doing fine though
- FridgeSeal 9y ago
  Yes, but not because they banned penny stock ads.

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shakna 9y ago

> The future will be decentralized. So was our past. How does cryptocurrency upset the balance of power that has caused centralisation to occur? There have been scam after scam with cryptocurrencies, and despite every player experimenting with the blockchain concept, few results. Cryptocurrencies have a very real cultural problem they need to overcome. This is a response to that cultural problem.

tCfD 9y ago
The problem is not with blockchain, the problem is that harder one tries to define how decentralization can be made into a self-sustaining reaction (rather than merely a transitional phase from one centralized regime to another), the more the concept evaporates. Blockchains are just the latest attempt to turn the base metal of conflict into the noble gold of cooperation.