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Feature conservatism has never been Keybase; their identity crisis has been going on for quite some time. What first started as a simple messaging app became a
by prophesi 7y ago
Feature conservatism has never been Keybase; their identity crisis has been going on for quite some time. What first started as a simple messaging app became a file-sharing service, then a Slack competitor, and now a cryptocurrency wallet.
Adding a simple toggle to block unsolicited messages doesn't sound like too much in that respect.
- api 7y agoAll messengers do this. They start out good and add features until they are bloated junk. It's a law of nature dating back to the 90s.
- flurdy 7y agoTo me, it first started out as a key sharing and identity verification service. That was quite useful to me. Then they pivoted to a chat app. I had no need for yet another chat app. Then lately this messy cryptocurrency integration which so far just seems shady. I am not sure Keybase provides to me any value anymore.
- alwillis 7y ago>Then lately this messy cryptocurrency integration which so far just seems shady. Stellar is actually pretty legit and is backed by a real organization going back to 2014: https://www.stellar.org/foundation https://www.stellar.org/foundation As far as Keybase is concerned, I can't complain when a company sends me free money every month—I'm up to about $60 USD now and there’s another airdrop next week. I think we're just at the beginning of the integration of messaging clients + digital currency—you know if Facebook’s Libra gets off the ground, people will be using Facebook Messenger to send it around.