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Okay I'll bite. I've worked in both retail and corporate banking for over a decade. I've been responsible for software that processes large payments and receipts daily. I've cloned a few cryptocurrencies for fun and have a pretty good understanding of them. I cannot understand anything on this entire site. Does anybody know what this is all about?
It is pretty interesting and kinda disappointing to see renowned tech luminaries hopping on the hype train left and right.
Or maybe there's something to it, and it's still being worked on? I have no opinion either way on Solid (yet), but the comments on these submissions seem extremely critical considering they're still rolling it out and it's a work in progress. When I read the OP link above, and the other submission today, I just see an early-stage project that is still being actively developed, no different to thousands of other proje…
https://github.com/solidpayorg/solidpay/blob/master/package....
Marketing spiel is fine but somewhere concrete details need to be provided without the BS. Very disappointing that Tim Berners-Lee would be associated with something so poorly expressed.
It is pretty interesting and kinda disappointing to see renowned tech luminaries hopping on the hype train left and right.
2nd solid post today and despite being familiar with the concepts I don’t understand any of the detail. Marketing spiel is fine but somewhere concrete details need to be provided without the BS. Very disappointing that Tim Berners-Lee would be associated with something so poorly expressed.
The solid infrastructure looks promising to me. Based on the other submission today on Solid[1], there are varying opinions on whether it will take off and really be able to challenge the big social media. However, I think we _need to want_ this to succeed, even if there are other ideas of what decentralised architectures should look like. It may not be the best system to everyone, but it has some clout with Tim Bern…
I’ve never seen anyone complain about Instagram or visa. How can you disrupt services that people love?
I mean, it should be obvious by now that almost nobody cares about privacy.
2nd solid post today and despite being familiar with the concepts I don’t understand any of the detail. Marketing spiel is fine but somewhere concrete details need to be provided without the BS. Very disappointing that Tim Berners-Lee would be associated with something so poorly expressed.
The solid infrastructure looks promising to me. Based on the other submission today on Solid[1], there are varying opinions on whether it will take off and really be able to challenge the big social media. However, I think we _need to want_ this to succeed, even if there are other ideas of what decentralised architectures should look like. It may not be the best system to everyone, but it has some clout with Tim Bern…
Disruption is driven by need though. Uber succeeded because traditional cab companies suck. I can’t remember when people weren’t complaining about cabs, even before the internet, and Uber came and removed almost all of the annoyances. Sure they were bad for labour, but for the customers it made sense. I’ve never seen anyone complain about Instagram or visa. How can you disrupt services that people love? I mean, it sh…
Then you are not listening to everyone. According to some, Instagram is the most toxic site out there, and Visa leeches fees from their customers. I'm not necessarily in those camps, but I certainly have heard the criticisms.
Industries that are ready to disrupt have loyal followings that they think everyone loves them, when in reality much of society would be just as happy to see them fade. The web as a whole is reaching that point. Whether you dislike the privacy issues, the money-driven nature of startups, the demographic who lives online without engaging with the world, or any other reason... the web is not universally loved, despite the many people who still think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Maybe it is time for some changes.