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This article is pure clickbait. Make some half-assed, sensationalist, barely verifiable claim, sprinkle some crypto / blockchain / bitcoin seasoning on top, an

This article is pure clickbait. Make some half-assed, sensationalist, barely verifiable claim, sprinkle some crypto / blockchain / bitcoin seasoning on top, and to the moon you go.

sametmax 9y ago
Yeap. I'm deep in crypto. I have literally a company making money by providing service for masternode holders. Yet even I recognize the tech is nowhere close to be user friendly for even the most basic use. Youtube loosing anything to blockchain solutions ? Yeah, in 10 years maybe. Right now we are still working hard to figure out how to makes things work, and make money without scamming people. I mean, come on, I regularly have to compile wallets from source to make them work, sometime fixing the build process in the meantime. I have dedicated app armor profiles that I have to custom make for each one because you basically can't trust any of them. Why is this article even on HN ? Who upvote that ? Either we have a lot of new users with a completely different mindset than a few years ago, or we have PR agency pushing some agenda. And given the article is on Bloomberg...
- noxToken 9y ago
  The title is a perfect mash of subjects. FB bashing, a few shots at YT's monetization policy, and a blockchain alternative to replace them. This is a trifecta for drive-by voters - even if it is pure clickbait.
- vk23 9y ago
  >Youtube loosing anything to blockchain solutions ? >Yeah, in 10 years maybe. I think it's way more likely for Youtube/Google to implement some sort of blockchain based system to reward creators.
  - sametmax 9y ago
    I doubt it. That would make it either way too transparent and open, or just a blockchain implementation of a centralized black box.
    - vk23 9y ago
      Blockchain implementations in centralized black boxes are more likely than not the future of blockchain. As soon as regulation gets rolled out usable blockchains will be controlled by governments and/or private companies that comply with the rules. Not that I'm not in favor of a truely decentralized solution but I doubt "they" will allow this to happen.
      - sametmax 9y ago
        Well they never managed to shutdown torrent or tor, so decentralized is still alive and kicking. But yeah, we are likely to see a lot of people using the "blockchain" label for marketing reason, not using the tech for any of it's benefits. But that's silly even from a technical point of view: if you don't need decentralization and transparency, then a blockchain is a very poor alternative to a blackbox built on postgress.
cloakandswagger 9y ago
Clickbait implies that it's devoid of real content or has a misleading title. I had never heard of DTube, Steemit or Steem before this, and the title seems accurate enough. What's the problem?
- anthonybsd 8y ago
  click·bait ˈklikbāt/ noun informal noun: clickbait; noun: click bait (on the Internet) content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page. Note that it doesn't say anything regarding being devoid of content. You can have clickbaity articles with actual (although questionably useful) content in them.

This article is pure clickbait. Make some half-assed, sensationalist, barely verifiable claim, sprinkle some crypto / blockchain / bitcoin seasoning on top, and to the moon you go.

sametmax 9y ago

Yeap. I'm deep in crypto. I have literally a company making money by providing service for masternode holders. Yet even I recognize the tech is nowhere close to be user friendly for even the most basic use. Youtube loosing anything to blockchain solutions ? Yeah, in 10 years maybe. Right now we are still working hard to figure out how to makes things work, and make money without scamming people. I mean, come on, I regularly have to compile wallets from source to make them work, sometime fixing the build process in the meantime. I have dedicated app armor profiles that I have to custom make for each one because you basically can't trust any of them. Why is this article even on HN ? Who upvote that ? Either we have a lot of new users with a completely different mindset than a few years ago, or we have PR agency pushing some agenda. And given the article is on Bloomberg...

noxToken 9y ago
The title is a perfect mash of subjects. FB bashing, a few shots at YT's monetization policy, and a blockchain alternative to replace them. This is a trifecta for drive-by voters - even if it is pure clickbait.
vk23 9y ago
>Youtube loosing anything to blockchain solutions ? >Yeah, in 10 years maybe. I think it's way more likely for Youtube/Google to implement some sort of blockchain based system to reward creators.
- sametmax 9y ago
  I doubt it. That would make it either way too transparent and open, or just a blockchain implementation of a centralized black box.
  - vk23 9y ago
    Blockchain implementations in centralized black boxes are more likely than not the future of blockchain. As soon as regulation gets rolled out usable blockchains will be controlled by governments and/or private companies that comply with the rules. Not that I'm not in favor of a truely decentralized solution but I doubt "they" will allow this to happen.
    - sametmax 9y ago
      Well they never managed to shutdown torrent or tor, so decentralized is still alive and kicking. But yeah, we are likely to see a lot of people using the "blockchain" label for marketing reason, not using the tech for any of it's benefits. But that's silly even from a technical point of view: if you don't need decentralization and transparency, then a blockchain is a very poor alternative to a blackbox built on postgress.

cloakandswagger 9y ago

Clickbait implies that it's devoid of real content or has a misleading title. I had never heard of DTube, Steemit or Steem before this, and the title seems accurate enough. What's the problem?

anthonybsd 8y ago
click·bait ˈklikbāt/ noun informal noun: clickbait; noun: click bait (on the Internet) content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page. Note that it doesn't say anything regarding being devoid of content. You can have clickbaity articles with actual (although questionably useful) content in them.