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I honestly don't understand the necessity or want for something like this. I get that people want their community detached from corporate interest, and that the

by d2xdy2 11y ago

I honestly don't understand the necessity or want for something like this. I get that people want their community detached from corporate interest, and that they don't want censorship involved with their communications and ideas... but as the article passingly mentions, the technology is coming out of groups that have a reasonable monetary incentive to push it. I for one am hesitant to rely on a 'reddit p2p network' for which I have to seed with bitcoins. Are there any estimates and just how much that cost/"incentive" per user is? > Furthermore, when a user upvotes content, that sends a small amount of bitcoin to the author of that content, thus incentivizing the production of good content How do you deincentivize folks from gaming that? Would we potentially run into a situation where new forms of online publishing are going to arise, where instead of being funded by Google Ads they are now funded directly by users liking their content? Will curators of cat pictures become overnight millionaires?

c_prompt 11y ago
> I honestly don't understand the necessity or want for something like this. Here's what I wrote elsewhere: "Imagine you're a programmer. For us coding geeks, sites like Stack Overflow are a lifeline to getting work done. In fact, we're reasonably convinced that when Stack Overflow goes down, all programming around the world just stops. (Well, at least that's the excuse we use.) Yet, when we read an answer from someone who has fixed that (Javascript) problem we've spent hours debugging, we want to kiss that person's feet with the appropriate Wayne's World salute. It's times like those when a thank you and a (worthless) upvote just don't seem enough. That person saved us from hours of wasted effort and aggravation. That geek deserves more." tl/dr: I want it because I don't expect something for nothing. If someone provides me value, I want to exchange something in return.

by d2xdy2 11y ago

c_prompt 11y ago

> I honestly don't understand the necessity or want for something like this. Here's what I wrote elsewhere: "Imagine you're a programmer. For us coding geeks, sites like Stack Overflow are a lifeline to getting work done. In fact, we're reasonably convinced that when Stack Overflow goes down, all programming around the world just stops. (Well, at least that's the excuse we use.) Yet, when we read an answer from someone who has fixed that (Javascript) problem we've spent hours debugging, we want to kiss that person's feet with the appropriate Wayne's World salute. It's times like those when a thank you and a (worthless) upvote just don't seem enough. That person saved us from hours of wasted effort and aggravation. That geek deserves more." tl/dr: I want it because I don't expect something for nothing. If someone provides me value, I want to exchange something in return.