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I remember so much of the time I spent on IRC and XMPP overlapped with the period in my life when I had the fewest financial resources. It would have been net n
by runako 5y ago
I remember so much of the time I spent on IRC and XMPP overlapped with the period in my life when I had the fewest financial resources. It would have been net negative for me if the popular chat spaces had been accompanied by any kind of toll.
- malermeister 5y agoBig plus to this point. The idea behind web3 seems to be "the web, but everything is an attempt to gauge people for money now". How is that better? Who asked for more money to be involved everywhere? I just want an open space to hang out with people and share ideas and data, I don't want everything to become a gated community.
- telxosser 5y agoThe worst part to me is how it would change the content. If we were all getting paid for this conversation it would not be the same conversation as right now + getting paid. So often my opinion on a topic is so different than the opinion I think will get the most upvotes. It is really why I think the whole concept is doomed to fail.
- malermeister 5y agoThat is another insane aspect, correct. There's a big overlap between crypto advocates and people who feel very strongly about freedom of speech, but in reality the world they'd build would involve a lot of self-censorship for financial reasons. Freedom of speech only for those that can afford it.