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Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

#11

Post by OJFord »

CJefferson wrote: post #10
QasimK wrote: post #8

I recall lbry.io being posted here before and there were concerns around the naming system, where anyone could take control of a particular name just by giving more money to it at any point. There's an FAQ up ( https://lbry.io/faq/naming ) which addresses this concern, and I think the system that they have designed is fantastic. It seems fair, although I'd give a slightly longer time period for a "counter-bid" person…

My problem with all of this is I don't care about having the "best name". I want to make a new name, and then work increasing it's value. This system seems like anyone who wants to make a name but not monitise it will lose. How much of the value of (picking the first things that come into my head) the names FSF, GPL, GCC and clang come from the organisations and products? I bet those names would be worth much more to…

Isn't that addressed by this FAQ entry?

> Rest assured, we’re implementing permanent URLs that are always yours.

https://lbry.io/faq/no-auction-options

Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

#12

Post by sneak »

geoah wrote: post #4

I'm still going through the docs and all so this probably has been answered before : How do you deal with takedown and dcma requests? I know ipfs for example has a blacklist for dcma requests. I'm trying to understand what keeps someone from copying a video and sharing it for less or uploading a movie or TV series.

AFAIK, ipfs's blacklist is just on their public http gateway node, and the network itself has no such constraints.

Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

#13

Post by CJefferson »

OJFord wrote: post #11
CJefferson wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My problem with all of this is I don't care about having the "best name". I want to make a new name, and then work increasing it's value. This system seems like anyone who wants to make a name but not monitise it will lose. How much of the value of (picking the first things that come into my head) the names FSF, GPL, GCC and clang come from the organisations and products? I bet those names would be worth much more to…

Isn't that addressed by this FAQ entry? > Rest assured, we’re implementing permanent URLs that are always yours. https://lbry.io/faq/no-auction-options

Yes, but they will just be randomly generated strings, that doesn't really sound appealing. Also they don't exist yet.

Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

#16

Post by chungy »

wsgrah wrote: post #15

Company is a bit tone def when it was pointed out they have a all male team https://twitter.com/LBRYio/status/843865332771164160

A team consisting of four people. Is this really a problem? It's probably just a bunch of friends that decided to try an idea.

Seriously, what are they supposed to do to resolve it? Fire two partners and hire two women just to make an equality quota? Hire four new women just on the merit of being women?

Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

#17

Post by Ianvdl »

chungy wrote: post #16
wsgrah wrote: post #15

Company is a bit tone def when it was pointed out they have a all male team https://twitter.com/LBRYio/status/843865332771164160

A team consisting of four people. Is this really a problem? It's probably just a bunch of friends that decided to try an idea. Seriously, what are they supposed to do to resolve it? Fire two partners and hire two women just to make an equality quota? Hire four new women just on the merit of being women?

It's a vapid complaint used by people who want to feel superior without actually contributing anything to the project.

Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

#18

Post by legostormtroopr »

wsgrah wrote: post #15

Company is a bit tone def when it was pointed out they have a all male team https://twitter.com/LBRYio/status/843865332771164160

Why is it even worth pointing out there team has no women? The original "call out" tweet was very snarky.

There are 9 staff, not including a few advisors. So its probably the case that they all knew each other before the comapny existed. If there were no women in their lab, theres not much they can do about that.

What would the correct response be? "Sorry we didn't know any women when we started, we shouldnt have done anything until the right quota of women showed up."

Should they fire and replace 4 staff with women or just hire 9 women even though they might not have enough revenue to do so?

Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

#19

Post by michaelmior »

legostormtroopr wrote: post #18
wsgrah wrote: post #15

Company is a bit tone def when it was pointed out they have a all male team https://twitter.com/LBRYio/status/843865332771164160

Why is it even worth pointing out there team has no women? The original "call out" tweet was very snarky. There are 9 staff, not including a few advisors. So its probably the case that they all knew each other before the comapny existed. If there were no women in their lab, theres not much they can do about that. What would the correct response be? "Sorry we didn't know any women when we started, we shouldnt have don…

Regardless of what you think of the original tweet, the response is ridiculous.

Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

#20

Post by StavrosK »

legostormtroopr wrote: post #18
wsgrah wrote: post #15

Company is a bit tone def when it was pointed out they have a all male team https://twitter.com/LBRYio/status/843865332771164160

Why is it even worth pointing out there team has no women? The original "call out" tweet was very snarky. There are 9 staff, not including a few advisors. So its probably the case that they all knew each other before the comapny existed. If there were no women in their lab, theres not much they can do about that. What would the correct response be? "Sorry we didn't know any women when we started, we shouldnt have don…

I agree with your general sentiment, but their response does sound a bit weird. It would have been fine with me if they had said "oh it's just by chance, plus most of us knew eachother from before we started". Saying "we have no female roles" and "oh we get paid less so we're all women" (wtf?) isn't handling the situation well.
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