@originalworks

As is suggested in the article I would greatly appreciate your thoughts. To add to the discussion: On another hand, the personal data gathered is amazing for research purposes. Also it allows for ads that

Afterthought: Steem and others still need to mature a bit, that is why I propose other solutions first. Also the paid upvotes are an issue.

@originalworks

True. Let's look at the bright side, companies like Twitter who are long-term unprofitable are going to have super hard time. We are possibly going to see less grow quickly, monetize later companies and

I find this perverse. First, they create monopolies and then start running around screaming about the free market to allow those monopolies to start practices that in a truly free market would lead to

I agree. The idea is to get as much as possible of the technical stuff out of the way so that one can focus purerly on your creation. There is more to it but that is one of the essentials. One of the other

@originalworks

I agree with you. I see Bitcoin as the first that is going to raise awareness for cryptocurrencies and blockchains in general. From its mistakes others will learn and make better things (already happening).