Peeps by @davjdav
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Replying to @Hannah (0x94b26d7a0145635ed3dad4b786f47b6be4f3945a)
Welcome @davjdav, fellow China resident. Got a pic of #wypf ?
Thanks @Hannah. It’s a foggy, overcast and chilly day here in Nanjing. The AQI, however, is quite acceptable!
Replying to @jm9k (0xa7bd09daab3eb5ec96f04914d94c47681489d604)
to break up a single thought into many difficult to follow messages. Doesn't this seem silly?
Yes, I’m some respects it does. Except I have always thought an advantage if the length limits is that it incentivizes brevity and clarity in posts. Thanks for clarifying your position. I’m going to have to think more about this.
Replying to @jm9k (0xa7bd09daab3eb5ec96f04914d94c47681489d604)
Yes, the possibility of micropayments and nanopayments are an extremely important aspect of cryptocurrency! This is part of the third reason in this blog post I wrote about Peepeth: https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/three-reasons-you-need-to-start-using-peepeth-right-now-b65
Thanks for sharing your post. It’s the perfect excuse I need to try tipping for the first time. While it’s not a lot, it should pay for a few peeps.
Replying to @jm9k (0xa7bd09daab3eb5ec96f04914d94c47681489d604)
This is exactly what I was trying to put into words. Decentralization is the key aspect. I also don't think it's realistic to increase the seriousness or quality of micro-blog posts. There are better mediums for that.
Fair, but if the primary value of decentralization is avoiding censorship, etc. then presumably someone is saying something of value that someone else would like to censor. It seems unlikely that Big Brother will care about removing cat pics (with all due respect to the felines!)
Is it strange that I love paying to Peep? I’ll have to think more about this, but #micropayments make so
much sense. It also incentivizes saying something meaningful. If only there were micro-micropayments to read posts, then there would be a real social media economy.
Replying to @jm9k (0xa7bd09daab3eb5ec96f04914d94c47681489d604)
That's a good idea, but that doesn't really fit in with "micro-blogging".
But, isn’t the persistence and decentralized nature of the blockchain the difference with other “ordinary” kinds of platforms like Twitter? I have been assuming that the whole point was for the permanence of blockchain to pressure a higher level of seriousness & quality of posts.
For example, yesterday I passed US$.75-a-night shipping containers used as migrant worker housing surrounded by a wall plastered with giant images of the elite residences they will be constructing. #migrantlabor #labor
So while I personally don’t ususally have much to say that I think is worth saving for very long. How about reporting events or posting photos that are worth archiving? I feel much more comfortable with this idea.
Rather than just facilitating conversations like other social media, it seems to me that the archival value of the blockchain is unique.
So, it’s been a week since my first peep and I haven’t followed up with another. I’ve thought of posting, but the permanence of the post seems to have created a high bar for relevance. I think, “This doesn’t need to exist forever,” and then decide not to post.
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