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Now I just wish that YouTube would remove all "influencers" trying to sell you crypto/stocks/etc. But then TikTok is still left...

devoutsalsa 4y ago
- tmpz22 4y ago
  They’re actually hilarious. I mostly watch just to keep up to date with new crypto technologies. I’ve already tripled my money (50USD to 150USD) in 15 days because I saw someone do a video on lolcrypto.app XD /s
cwkoss 4y ago
You wont see crypto influencers on Tiktok if you don't engage with the videos. A couple "not interested"s and I haven't seen one in months.
smaryjerry 4y ago
How do you differentiate crypto from any other video game currency. You can buy in game currencies for real money and literally gamble with it inside a game with literally slots or loot boxes or whatever, then trade it to others as well, in exchange for real money. Every game is different though. I’m just struggling to find the difference between crypto and any other digital in a video game in regards to gambling. Both are code driven and if anything in game gambling seems worse because rather than paying a market value where everyone has the same risk, you are paying the game creator for loot boxes or info and currency which they can print infinitely. Of course if they did print too much of an item or currency it would crash their in game market and destroy the rarity of those items. Anyways it seems like if Twitch is going after crypto gambling websites they need to go after in game gambling as well.
- lovich 4y ago
  > How do you differentiate crypto from any other video game currency. Being able to use it literally anywhere but that game springs to mind as an easy check. If crypto is the same as game currency doesn’t that invalidate the vast majority of claims about the benefits of crypto?
- pessimizer 4y ago
  > How do you differentiate crypto from any other video game currency. You can buy in game currencies for real money and literally gamble with it inside a game with literally slots or loot boxes or whatever, then trade it to others as well, in exchange for real money. This has been and is still in danger as being banned as gambling. So the answer is that you don't bother, and you ban that too.
- wowokay 4y ago
  I have to be honest 100% of the games I play with loot boxes don’t let you trade the rewards. So that is different because to me loot boxes are just a different way to get cosmetics that I can’t buy with real money from other ppl. That means I don’t view them as having value to anyone but myself.
- KaoruAoiShiho 4y ago
  You generally can't get your money out of a video game, I think that would be gambling. But if it only goes in and doesn't come out it's just consumption. If it comes out, gambling. Pretty sure that's how it works.
  - sitzkrieg 4y ago
    steam and valve games w trading like csgo skirt this no? buy a key for crate, get a say $100 skin, sell on their integrated market place and have steam wallet funds. its not out but can be as currency on the platform. garbage at any rate
- pjc50 4y ago
  My threshold is "is there an intentional/permitted cash out to real money?" Gatcha games for non-transferable characters: probably shouldn't be marketed to children, and should be legally required to display odds, but not quite capable of triggering the full gambling addiction. Gambling for in-game items which can be resold for real money: this is just an illegal casino with extra steps.
Kukumber 4y ago
The crypto people are not on TikTok You find them on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Twitch and Reddit I don't understand why people want to make the parallel and include TikTok, well, maybe i know why
- Aaronstotle 4y ago
  There are crypto shills on TikTok, what makes you think they would be on all of those other platforms and not the most popular?
  - Kukumber 4y ago
    They use it to increase their reach, if you close TikTok, they'll still share on their main platforms; wich TikTok isn't Do your research Here for example: https://crypto.com/nft/brands/ufc https://crypto.com/nft/brands/ufc When it is this mainstream, you can't say "oh it's because of TikTok", no, it's because of Western companies and celebrities promoting it, and using various mediums of communication; no legislation, no nothing

devoutsalsa 4y ago

tmpz22 4y ago
They’re actually hilarious. I mostly watch just to keep up to date with new crypto technologies. I’ve already tripled my money (50USD to 150USD) in 15 days because I saw someone do a video on lolcrypto.app XD /s

cwkoss 4y ago

You wont see crypto influencers on Tiktok if you don't engage with the videos. A couple "not interested"s and I haven't seen one in months.

smaryjerry 4y ago

How do you differentiate crypto from any other video game currency. You can buy in game currencies for real money and literally gamble with it inside a game with literally slots or loot boxes or whatever, then trade it to others as well, in exchange for real money. Every game is different though. I’m just struggling to find the difference between crypto and any other digital in a video game in regards to gambling. Both are code driven and if anything in game gambling seems worse because rather than paying a market value where everyone has the same risk, you are paying the game creator for loot boxes or info and currency which they can print infinitely. Of course if they did print too much of an item or currency it would crash their in game market and destroy the rarity of those items. Anyways it seems like if Twitch is going after crypto gambling websites they need to go after in game gambling as well.

lovich 4y ago
> How do you differentiate crypto from any other video game currency. Being able to use it literally anywhere but that game springs to mind as an easy check. If crypto is the same as game currency doesn’t that invalidate the vast majority of claims about the benefits of crypto?
pessimizer 4y ago
> How do you differentiate crypto from any other video game currency. You can buy in game currencies for real money and literally gamble with it inside a game with literally slots or loot boxes or whatever, then trade it to others as well, in exchange for real money. This has been and is still in danger as being banned as gambling. So the answer is that you don't bother, and you ban that too.
wowokay 4y ago
I have to be honest 100% of the games I play with loot boxes don’t let you trade the rewards. So that is different because to me loot boxes are just a different way to get cosmetics that I can’t buy with real money from other ppl. That means I don’t view them as having value to anyone but myself.
KaoruAoiShiho 4y ago
You generally can't get your money out of a video game, I think that would be gambling. But if it only goes in and doesn't come out it's just consumption. If it comes out, gambling. Pretty sure that's how it works.
- sitzkrieg 4y ago
  steam and valve games w trading like csgo skirt this no? buy a key for crate, get a say $100 skin, sell on their integrated market place and have steam wallet funds. its not out but can be as currency on the platform. garbage at any rate
pjc50 4y ago
My threshold is "is there an intentional/permitted cash out to real money?" Gatcha games for non-transferable characters: probably shouldn't be marketed to children, and should be legally required to display odds, but not quite capable of triggering the full gambling addiction. Gambling for in-game items which can be resold for real money: this is just an illegal casino with extra steps.

Kukumber 4y ago

The crypto people are not on TikTok You find them on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Twitch and Reddit I don't understand why people want to make the parallel and include TikTok, well, maybe i know why

Aaronstotle 4y ago
There are crypto shills on TikTok, what makes you think they would be on all of those other platforms and not the most popular?
- Kukumber 4y ago
  They use it to increase their reach, if you close TikTok, they'll still share on their main platforms; wich TikTok isn't Do your research Here for example: https://crypto.com/nft/brands/ufc https://crypto.com/nft/brands/ufc When it is this mainstream, you can't say "oh it's because of TikTok", no, it's because of Western companies and celebrities promoting it, and using various mediums of communication; no legislation, no nothing