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"How did the Crypto world turn into a shithole?
Most of the biggest and most prominent forums are censored
More than 99% of cryptocoins are scams or total worthless shitcoins"
jarmuzceltow
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We thought sound money would be resistant to this dirty world. We were incorrect.
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Never underestimate human stupidity.
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No. It's because some foolish people believe that anything digital is somehow #cryptocurrency. Similar to how some people believe anything edible is food.
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It's because money heads to where stupid money put their money.
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Unless the media is built on #BCH or another decentralized platform, it will be censored eventually.
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It already is.
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#Memo is not censored. The majority of other media platforms are not.
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I think he meant "it already is built on a decentralized platform".
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I'm going off of what he said.
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Reddit, Bitcointalk, Twitter is censored or heavily manipulated with bots is what I meant.
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That is true. That is why I wish #Memo would take it's development more seriously because soon it will become the last viable option
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We need more front ends for the memo protocol.
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Not more in numbers, we need more quality in one frontend.
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memo-like sites can be censored/manipulated on the front end, so optimally there should be several high quality sites.
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No. Multiple sites fragment the userbase and disunite the community. There has to be one uncensorable open-source site.
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It's not fragmenting anything, every comment is on the blockchain and should be accessible on every site implementing the protocol, it's just an onramp. You don't need the site to post
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Nearly everyone will need a frontend to post because nearly no one will post without one. It's too complicated otherwise.
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It's not complicated at all, it's an open, pretty well designed protocol - https://memo.cash/protocol

Someone who needs censorship resistance usually doesn't mind 2min of research
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I'm into tech but I don't know what OP_Return or any of that means. Most ppl just want to post on a website. New technology has to make things easier, not harder
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It's possible that it might be a bit too much for older/very tech-challenged users, but it's unlikely they would even be in crypto at this point. Could always make a video for them too
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That's not true, anyone can be into #crypto because #crypto is not about the tech. Do u really think most ppl who use Instagram is interested in the tech part?
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Instagram has a network effect, people join because everyone is using it. Memo won't have that for 10-20 years at this rate, and specifically *because* people don't understand the tech
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No. Ppl join because Instagram has interesting content that is only available on Instagram. That networking effect is the reason for it's RAPID growth, but not for the GROWTH it's self
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Itself*
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If they understood that centralized services will all leak/sell their data and take possession of their work, they would join Memo instantly. We need more people to understand the tech
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Just to clarify, USERS would join #Memo if there was better content. Content creators would join if they knew they had total control of their content and acct on a platform like #Memo
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>Content creators would join if they knew they had total control of their content and acct on a platform like #Memo

That's what I said lol. You can't have better content w/o creators.
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Just clarifying users would not join because of data security because they follow the content creators. It's content creators who will come for data security.
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Not exclusively, you're thinking of property rights and demonetization. Data security affects all users, just look at the Ashley Madison leaks, etc.
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I am using data security as a general term, but yes property rights, demonetization, and all of the above. Users will always follow the content creators. Where C.C.s go, so will users
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The main point I was trying to make was that data security affects everyone, but advertising/celebrity/bot activity also draws users, as it did with Twitter. The network effect exists
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Data security does effect everyone. All I am saying is #Memo will have to draw the content creators to grow, then the users will come after.
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I agree with that, though I also think that educating regular users about data security can create a network effect for the platform. It would take all of us doing it though, and more
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That would be nice, but most ppl including me would rather leave that to the data security experts because that's their job. Median users aren't mad understand it
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Most people are aware of all the shady shit Facebook and other centralized social media corps pull, and care about it, but are in denial because their network effect is too strong
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It's not denial. It's lack of a better option. People know the world is messed up, they just don't know a better option. Even with fiat currency to insecure social media platforms
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Several people that I've warned about Facebook say that they can't quit, usually because they either advertise there, or just because everyone uses it and they want to keep in touch
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If you smoke enough cigarettes you will probably get #cancer. Quitting is hard, but it's most likely worth it.

Have you ever seen people with a hole in their neck?
Simon Van Gelder
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You can only quit if you want to quit. If you want to quit, it is disorienting, but not all that difficult. The wanting is the hard part.
Simon Van Gelder
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Breaking an addiction is an inherently violent process (you must destroy part or all of "yourself"). People tend to shy away from violence.
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That's an interesting way to think about it, I always saw it as distancing yourself from a dependency. It's much easier if you replace bad habits with constructive ones
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It's not always necessary to quit entirely either, some bad habits aren't that bad if done in moderation
Dos
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Quitter since 2006. No nicotine no alcohol. Only couple of months was tough in the beginning. Just a matter of habits lol.
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I had trouble quitting cigarettes too, but kicked them pretty easily when I started dating a non-smoker. It's nearly impossible without a good reason though, I'm at ~4 years now
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You can only quit an addiction if you have a good enough reason period. A good WHY? (reason to quit) will carry you through every single obstacle and hard time.
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Agreed. In my case, I basically have to break before I decide to make a change.
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It's because the content creators are there and #Memo and other decentralized platforms are not yet viable alternatives to Twitter and Facebook.
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and having to actually use it is a big part of that. Attention will probably grow with time and more scandals/injustices from tech/social media, but we need to be educating people too
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It's just a protocol. You could run a full node for a few bucks and see for yourself memo is honest. Btw, memo.cash is providing tx id so you could verify it on an explorer isn't it?
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Just a protocol yes, but there still has to be one site everyone goes to on the frontend that is the default. I.e. the Twitter of #crypto and the best solution will win.
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I don't think that you understand how memo works.

All sites have the same content because all of them index the same transactions.
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In analogy it's like the wallets for BitcoinCash. It doesn't matter what wallet you use, you can send/receive tx from any BCH compatible wallet.
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Repeat after me:

Single points of failure are bad.
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You are dead wrong on this one.
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You have 0 comprehension of the topic dude.
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Memo could change hands and start removing posts accounts easily (it takes about 1 line of code).
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Also, ponder, that these are just front ends, they use the same data source (bch transactions)
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So new frontends would not fracture the userbase at all, as long as they are compatible with the memo protocol (basically the way actions are identified).
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Mischaracterization
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Just like the early Internet before the dotcom bubble. Just remember, the cream of the crop always rises to the top!
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:) because society is corrupted by media... Not just social... The programs we watch or music we listen to plants ideas into our brains that makes us act irrationally.