I wonder if all those decentralization lovers will have to find another centralized platform to sit in all day long and bullshit.
https://leofinance.io/@friendlymoose/microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-discord-for-over-usd10-billion
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I really hate it when big tech takes over companies instead of trying to create a competitor. I guess it's just easier and more profitable to take over the incumbent. I mean Google bought Youtube for a "mere" 1.65B and now Youtube is worth a couple of hundred billion or something like that.
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There is a suit going on in US against the FB for this reason only right ? It not only kills competition but also innovation and creativity.
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I think there is too many law suits against the big tech companies I can't keep track. It's possible but I think it is for buying out their messenger competitors.
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It is why we just need to keep creating our own.
Decentralization will help to make them vulnerable. It is not easy but, in my view, starts one person at a time.
Just need to start converting people over.
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Yea I am hoping that the conversion is starting more and more. The biggest plus I see recently is that the big tech corporations aren't talking about user numbers anymore. So I think they aren't being very favorable for them right now.
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I hadnt noticed that part about the user numbers but it makes sense. We need ProjectBlank to hit and take a few million users away from Twitter. If we can do that, it is game on.
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I think the biggest problem is people are a little to spread out. Parler seems to be in some trouble with arguments between former executives. I think most of the rabble is waiting for a certain person to announce which platform he is joining.
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That is how it usually operates.
They either buy it and roll it in or shelve it. That is not only tech but corporations in general. Look at Facebook and Instagram. They bought it for a billion dollars and now who knows what it is worth.
It is important for start ups not to sell out. However, a young developer creates something and gets offered a ton of money, it is obvious what that person will do.
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it is a dog-eat-dog world out there. This is why we hammer our own taking back ownership from these institutes and corporate giants, even the government. they are monopolizing everything and that is dangerous. the average joe doesn't care as long he gets the services and products he wants.
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It is very dangerous and they grow ever more powerful. We need to do everything we can to turn the tide the other way.
Each users, each dollars, anything that is moved away from the establishment is a step in the right direction. Get a 100K of them a day and things are moving.
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Yea I saw the article. Discord was already having issues before this since they already kicked off a few channels already. I think one of the law channels I follow on youtube got kicked off Discord and I think it was because of some bs reasons that the mods took care of fast.
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Yeah well that I understand but a bunch of decentralization advocates hanging out there all day long just bsing about nothing.
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Yea I am hoping they set up something before they get kicked off. Otherwise people will be in chaos about where to go.
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Lol well said . They are doing exactly opposite of what they are propounding . "Hive is decentralized , all should move here "
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You look at most of them and see the amount of engagement they do onchain and it is pathetic.
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I would actually prefer if they chat on discord but then bring up the discussion on-chain afterwards to involve more people. It's also why some people were complaining about the DCity politics stuff but I think it was a nice change.
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The problem is , they don't bring it over here . They chat it over there and leave it over there as far as I know .
I don't see how that is adding value to Hive or Leo . Discord is essential in helping new users and solving queries but all the discussions must happen over here .
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Yes I agree. If they posted the discussions on HIVE then it would be seen by more people and at the same time, it could also be ranked on the search engines. I find this to be more important since newbies tend to google before running over to discord.
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Yeah but that doesnt happen either. They simply keep in their own cubby hole on discord.
Sad but we could have 50,000 comments on chain if those people would spend half their time posting comments.
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Yea I agree. Any question is a good question to solve on the chain because I guarantee there will be someone else with the same question down the line. Though we might need SEO to be better so it links the relevant articles though.
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They will find an excuse to hang out there but will never take charge and hop on here for discussions . Sad state of affairs .
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maybe we will have a discord like service on hive. I would certainly use it more
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It's difficult given the 3 seconds block and the need to refresh to load comments but certainly if the devs wish to do it , they can .
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Not sure that is possible. I would agree but it doesnt seem like that would be doable. Discord has all types of private features and what not.
But it is worth exploring if someone could do it.
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