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Re: Peepeth: Unstoppable Microblogging

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Post by johnnylambada »

ahazred8ta wrote: post #37
berberous wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1) The word "microblogging" threw me off -- for some reason, I hear "blogging", and don't realize it's meant to be a twitter clone. 2) Maybe it's just me, but the full page image of the woman on your landing page makes me want to close out rather than engage and find out what the product is. I'd rather see top peeps immediately, with a partial landing banner for new users. 3) I think the most critical task for a prod…

Dumping large volumes of nonessential content into the Ethereum blockchain sounds like an antipattern.

Um... cryptokitties? But seriously a lot of people don't think Twitter is non essential. Once in the block chain a message can't be deleted, which could prove to make better discourse.

Re: Peepeth: Unstoppable Microblogging

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Post by rhacker »

CharlesW wrote: post #26
bevan wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Front-ends like peepeth.com are censorable. Illegal content will be removed from the peepeth.com front-end. I think its criminal appeal is limited compared to alternatives. Use of a known and traceable payment+communications channel reveals more info about the perpetrators and their networks than non-crypto communication channels + crypto payments. Pairing communication and money removes a level of anonymity because…

> Front-ends like peepeth.com are censorable. To make sure I understand, are you saying, "Every client developer has to handle this on their own, if they choose to at all"? > I think its criminal appeal is limited compared to alternatives. […] It seems like you're suggesting that anonymity is not possible with Ethereum, but searches suggests that it's possible now, and will become easier thanks to projects like Proje…

Kindof an interesting legal question - what would make peepeth more liable for such data more-so than etherscan.io for example? If both sites have the feature to hide or prevent download of the data, whereas etherscan may not even bother?

It kinda makes you wonder if the Ether wallet itself that can sync and download such data is also at risk of being called illegal.

Are FBI raids now going to focus on targeting people that have a copy of the block chain to put them away?

Re: Peepeth: Unstoppable Microblogging

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Post by panic »

bevan wrote: post #3

Hi all, Peepeth creator here. Would appreciate your thoughts. https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/87k9iz/presenting... https://www.producthunt.com/posts/peepeth

It looks like the actual data is stored in IPFS; who is responsible for pinning this data so it sticks around? Is the centralized peepeth.com service also a de facto centralized host?

Re: Peepeth: Unstoppable Microblogging

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Post by shanev »

bevan wrote: post #4
fenwick67 wrote: post #2

What do you do when somebody posts death threats or child porn on your immutable social network?

Front-ends like peepeth.com are censorable. Illegal content will be removed from the peepeth.com front-end. I think its criminal appeal is limited compared to alternatives. Use of a known and traceable payment+communications channel reveals more info about the perpetrators and their networks than non-crypto communication channels + crypto payments. Pairing communication and money removes a level of anonymity because…

You could deploy a smart contract that has an array of all censored/blacklisted peeps which other clients can choose to use.

Re: Peepeth: Unstoppable Microblogging

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Post by swirepe »

bevan wrote: post #3

Hi all, Peepeth creator here. Would appreciate your thoughts. https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/87k9iz/presenting... https://www.producthunt.com/posts/peepeth

I found the feed to be more interesting than the copy on the first page. The first peep I saw was a meme, and that's great. Lots of software in this space feels too self-serious for memes.

https://peepeth.com/_?id=QmQpyNnU8UaPQdfP5o1HXX4D827NwttTJm3...

Re: Peepeth: Unstoppable Microblogging

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Post by pm90 »

bevan wrote: post #3

Hi all, Peepeth creator here. Would appreciate your thoughts. https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/87k9iz/presenting... https://www.producthunt.com/posts/peepeth

As someone who appreciates free speech but also hates online bullying and trolling, I'm a bit concerned that this platform could be used by bad actors to that effort. Technically though, its an excellent concept and very nice at first glance.

Re: Peepeth: Unstoppable Microblogging

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Post by KirinDave »

bevan wrote: post #29
KirinDave wrote: post #28

I'm genuinely curious how this compares to something like, say, Mastodon. It seems to me like Mastodon actually offers a lot of the same advantages.

Good question. With Mastodon, there is no central data store. So if your chosen front-end goes down (which hosts your content), you're out of luck. I think they're working on that problem though.

Alternatively: Mastodon lets you run your own node on your own hardware, have it exist as an equal peer, and if you want to delete your own data you have that option.

It's weird to me how the no-retractions thing is a benefit. Seems like a feature deficit. I can't imagine using twitter without the delete function, if only just to delete botched tweets.

Re: Peepeth: Unstoppable Microblogging

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Post by Yetanfou »

pram wrote: post #7

Don’t forget to Like and Repeep my Peeps on Peepeth

If the silly name ends up putting the urge to call for virtual fame to death, more power to it. This 'like me, Like Me, LIKE ME NOW' whinge is one of the more obnoxious phenomena in the world of 'social' networking.

Re: Peepeth: Unstoppable Microblogging

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Post by virgilp »

For me, the biggest roadblock is actually owning ETH. You may thing that's trivial, but I'm not so sure. Apparently 10m people in the world own SOME form of crypto[1] - so, there's your upper bound on number of users. For a mass-market product, 10m is really not that much .... you don't just need "traction", you need traction that is so significant that it pushes up the entire crypto market! I'm skeptical, but who knows? Good luck.

[1] https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-own-at-least-some-cryp...

Re: Peepeth: Unstoppable Microblogging

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Post by HenryBemis »

johnnylambada wrote: post #41
ahazred8ta wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dumping large volumes of nonessential content into the Ethereum blockchain sounds like an antipattern.

Um... cryptokitties? But seriously a lot of people don't think Twitter is non essential. Once in the block chain a message can't be deleted, which could prove to make better discourse.

And this is why no politician, celebrity may never join it. Too much at stake!

As for microblogging, from the title I thought of a Tumblr/Twitter alternative, but I guess not :)

I own crypto but not ETH, and respectfully I don't want to get into ETH just for this. On the upside thought, making people "work for it" will keep away trolls and time-wasters/haters.

I hope it grows to see it how you like!

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