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Twetch – Decentralized Twitter alternative on blockchain

5 points by GBiT 5y ago

mostly_harmless 5y ago
> "We don't sell your data and never will." Because your data is now freely available on the blockchain, forever.
- annonwhynot1112 5y ago
  Encrypted, you control who access this data
  - emerged 5y ago
    Until the particular crypto used by the blockchain becomes obsolete and is easily cracked. Then everyone can see whatever they want forever because you’ve widely distributed the encrypted text all across the world.
babelfish 5y ago
Why does a Twitter alternative need blockchain?
- WJW 5y ago
  To enable their fren2fren™ transactions of course. Only wish I was joking. To be fair, making people pay money to hurl abuse at you with /trolltoll is an interesting twist on the usual system where you just block them. Not sure why that needs a blockchain though.
- jdkjs 5y ago
- annonwhynot1112 5y ago
  So there is no censorship? So there is no middleman in the peer to peer payments? How would you solve those problems without a blockhain?
- GBiT 5y ago
  No spam and micro transactions. Post costs 10 pens. Like 2 pens. etc... You can yearn money if someone shares your content, likes, etc. Its all on blockchain. You own your twetch data and can move on any time
riffic 5y ago
Meanwhile, the Mastodon Project has made everyone fully aware of how they feel about blockchains: https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Ajoinmastodon%20blockchain&src=typed_query&f=live https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Ajoinmastodon%20blockchai... one quote: "The blockchain's two core properties, immutability and centrality (i.e. the ledger is distributed, but everyone's got the same one), are actually pretty bad for a social network. People can put awful stuff into the blockchain - doxx, harassment, child abuse, that you can't remove"
- GBiT 5y ago
  Blockchain is database. Website or product who use it can control and filter out what data to show. It can be on chain, but social network dont have to show it.
  - riffic 5y ago
    No one's going to use this. We have ~ 5M identities in the existing federated social web, and it is interoperable, ethical, and standards driven. Get onboard or get left behind.
jivetolkien 5y ago
Rhymes with Retch
- riffic 5y ago
  that's so Fetch

5 points by GBiT 5y ago

mostly_harmless 5y ago

> "We don't sell your data and never will." Because your data is now freely available on the blockchain, forever.

annonwhynot1112 5y ago
Encrypted, you control who access this data
- emerged 5y ago
  Until the particular crypto used by the blockchain becomes obsolete and is easily cracked. Then everyone can see whatever they want forever because you’ve widely distributed the encrypted text all across the world.

babelfish 5y ago

Why does a Twitter alternative need blockchain?

WJW 5y ago
To enable their fren2fren™ transactions of course. Only wish I was joking. To be fair, making people pay money to hurl abuse at you with /trolltoll is an interesting twist on the usual system where you just block them. Not sure why that needs a blockchain though.
jdkjs 5y ago
annonwhynot1112 5y ago
So there is no censorship? So there is no middleman in the peer to peer payments? How would you solve those problems without a blockhain?
GBiT 5y ago
No spam and micro transactions. Post costs 10 pens. Like 2 pens. etc... You can yearn money if someone shares your content, likes, etc. Its all on blockchain. You own your twetch data and can move on any time

riffic 5y ago

Meanwhile, the Mastodon Project has made everyone fully aware of how they feel about blockchains: https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Ajoinmastodon%20blockchain&src=typed_query&f=live https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Ajoinmastodon%20blockchai... one quote: "The blockchain's two core properties, immutability and centrality (i.e. the ledger is distributed, but everyone's got the same one), are actually pretty bad for a social network. People can put awful stuff into the blockchain - doxx, harassment, child abuse, that you can't remove"

GBiT 5y ago
Blockchain is database. Website or product who use it can control and filter out what data to show. It can be on chain, but social network dont have to show it.
- riffic 5y ago
  No one's going to use this. We have ~ 5M identities in the existing federated social web, and it is interoperable, ethical, and standards driven. Get onboard or get left behind.

jivetolkien 5y ago

Rhymes with Retch

riffic 5y ago
that's so Fetch