@dave @famubu There is absolutely no need to use a blockchain for sharing videos. We pay for Vimeo as you would for hosting. I prefer that to <insert next right-libertarian get rich quick scheme here>. Also see PeerTube if you want to run your own. (Eventually, videos, like anything else, will be hosted on your own small web node. But still, you’d either have to host on your own machine or pay sometime for hosting. The latter isn’t solvable unless we subsidise it from the commons.)
@dave @famubu Sorry, looked it up, was right the first time (right libertarian): https://twitter.com/jeremykauffman/status/1404860303104524290?s=20
(That’s the founder.)
nazis, "free speech"
@aral Odysee.com is used as a "#freeSpeech" place for right-wing extremists.
"On May 14, 2021, The Guardian reported that LBRY executive Julian Chandra wrote to Odysee site moderators that a "Nazi that makes videos about the superiority of the white race" was not grounds for removal from Odysee. The email was accidentally sent to a user who had complained about neo-Nazi content on the platform.[16]"
nazis, "free speech"
@dave @maxi @famubu I’d rather not have my stuff hosted on places that aren’t safe for other people (and I’d hate to even tacitly seem to be supporting right-libertarian / far-right projects like Odysee … the means do not justify the ends. They may have a beef with Big Tech too but they do so for all the wrong reasons. The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend.).
@mcduquesne @famubu @aral
Odysee has never asked for or taken my money. Can you use specific examples of grift and fraud?
@dave @famubu @aral I’ve had a nap and have a little more time
I’d suggest starting with FCC filings then read up on the pre-mining, the coin distribution timeline. and legal cases involving pyramid schemes then look into how the data is actually being stored behind the p2p handwaving and roadmaps. then really look at what is accomplished by the crypto, what all that “work” is doing. Is that worth it for marginally “free” video hosting or a pittance of rewards for them securely tracking your views?
@dave @aral
No centralized service would be good for long...