RE: Twitter says source code was leaked on GitHub
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This is the big problem when something is built and offered to the general public for free. After a few years, they gain this misconception that they own it or, at the very least, have the right to influence it. Users ALWAYS get their arses in their hands when someone takes over or imposes their will on the service that, I remind people again, NOBODY paid to use these freebie services. Such examples as:
- Mark Shuttleworth - Ubuntu
- Justin Sun - Steem
- Elon Musk - Twitter
I love all these people throwing their foot down with a firm hand: "I'm not paying for a Blue tick!" fine, don't, but you'll have a limited service, and if you don't like it go to Instagram or The Fediverse or even Hive, but you have no rights of ownership; you were just allowed to use it for free.
As for Disgruntled Workers I still think they should feel PC Plod on their collar. There are thousands all over the globe losing their jobs every day; that doesn't give people the right to steal property.
I'm very sorry for people that lost their jobs at Twitter, and know three or four people personally who lost their jobs. This kind of thing happens when new management takes over. To be honest, maybe Devs should have jumped before they were pushed?
Well, duh! This is why I prefer non-corporate platforms, but then you take your chances with on-going support. It just seems to me that Musk bought Twitter on a whim and so he could control the direction it could take. It does not seem like a great business decision so far, but what do I know of that? I wonder how many will pay to keep using it. It may depend on how many features move to premium.
I found that reducing my Twitter usage improved my stress levels even though I didn't see all the drama there. Mastodon has similar pro/con to Hive in being too techie for the masses, so you get less crap on there.
The Hive community too lessons from the Steem debacle and took measures to reduce the risks of it happening again.
What would happen if someone started buying up all the Hive?
Of course that possibility has been considered. It could be forked away and the new buyer excluded. They don't get witness voting power immediately. Ideally we want more people powering up to make it harder. There are probably other safeguards I have forgotten.
Christ, how many more times can we Fork Off!
Indefinitely, if necessary. It is one means of defending the blockchain. You ought to read some of the technical docs or talk to the witnesses. They really care about it.
Over on Mastodon I keep seeing people say 'all crypto is bollocks/scams', but they obviously haven't looked into Hive.
I'm not going to get into a discussion with you about how wonderful Hive is because my experience and that of many others are very different to yours, and it would seem both of us are not willing to move from those positions.
I was nearly kicked out of mastodon.org.uk for mentioning Hive. If I hadn't of known the Instance admin, I suspect I would have been removed pretty much like you can be removed from communities on Hive.
Far more people dislike and distrust Crypto than like it, so you and, I suppose I are in a minority. I think Hive has got a very long way to go before it comes even close to the likes of Tumblr, Instagram or the Fediverse, for that matter. But we're getting off-topic, and it's not fair to hijack this guy's comments thread.
Is a lot of that dislike based on ignorance and/or sensational news stories rather than actual experience?
Even if you exclude the crypto-haters that leaves many more millions who might be interested in Hive, so it has growth potential.
If you can get kicked off a Mastodon instance then that's an obstacle to 'free speech'. I've mentioned Hive loads of times there and nobody has told me not to, but I have been called a 'crypto bro' (whatever that is). Having to move elsewhere is a hassle and I'm not likely to run my own instance. I have a permanent home on Hive.
The guy who did the podcast may not even see these comments, but I hope he doesn't mind anyway. I gave him a vote.
It's why I run my own Instance as a backup
That's much geekier than using Hive :)
Guilty as charged. 🙂