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How I Made A Chicken Play Tic-Tac-Toe (2017)

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Re: How I Made A Chicken Play Tic-Tac-Toe (2017)

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> That's almost a grand in 2017 dollars... plus whatever I earn from writing this story. (You are going to help me make this go viral, right? Send it right to the top of the trending list?) I can't believe steemit is still a thing.

Just out of curiosity - why not?

Content creators get crypto for creating and promoting content that would otherwise go to social marketing platforms and ad agencies - seems like a decent idea, no?

Re: How I Made A Chicken Play Tic-Tac-Toe (2017)

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> That's almost a grand in 2017 dollars... plus whatever I earn from writing this story. (You are going to help me make this go viral, right? Send it right to the top of the trending list?) I can't believe steemit is still a thing.

Just out of curiosity - why not? Content creators get crypto for creating and promoting content that would otherwise go to social marketing platforms and ad agencies - seems like a decent idea, no?

1) When I looked at it closely a couple years ago, all of the stories and all of the discussion were about proselytizing steemit. I would love to see a non-censorious version of reddit, but that place is so boring and self-referential. I took a brief look just now and my complaints are just as valid today. It's not a healthy ecosystem if everyone is just there for the money.

2) The business model seems nuts. I could never figure out how value was created or where the money came from other than suckers buying in, and there's going to be a limited supply of those. It just seems like a ponzi scheme with more steps. (Note, I don't necessarily feel this way about all cryptocurrencies; steemit's business model is just particularly nonsensical.)

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