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Guido van Rossum: Let Web3 die in a flaming ball of fire

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Re: Guido van Rossum: Let Web3 die in a flaming ball of fire

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Post by mattwilsonn888 »

throwaway82652 wrote: post #262
mattwilsonn888 wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess you were wise to use a throwaway to gamble on the theory that crypto currency is paywall-centric; as you very clearly missed the hoop.

I've looked at a ton of these "web3" startups and basically all of them are trying to build some form of payment system or financial service via smart contracts. Either that or they're making a less efficient version of a "web 2.0" company by forcing everyone who uses it to go through a blockchain first. If that's not true then please enlighten me as to what I missed. If you were trying to do something else then why…

You took a sample of startup-land with people using the latest buzzwords and came away thinking that the meaning of those buzzwords is actually "scam." I mean how naive do you have to be to not realize how these people advertise? You basically have the same level of nuance as the suckers but with a different predisposition - there is actual tech and progress being done by teams not spending all their money on marketing; I don't suspect your cursory glance capable of finding any.

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Post by TedShiller »

dropnerd wrote: post #271
boringg wrote: post #210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is beautiful.

its the web3 equivalent of an antique that failed to sell on ebay. interesting, but it's easy to draw wrong conclusions like "nfts are dead". market size and volume tell a different story.

The most shocking part is that there is someone who was willing to pay $280 for it.

Re: Guido van Rossum: Let Web3 die in a flaming ball of fire

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Post by mattwilsonn888 »

ozim wrote: post #164
mattwilsonn888 wrote: post #59

Isn't a brutish tweet still a brutish tweet no matter who its from? There have been infinitely more interesting crypto conversation starters on this board than this - I don't care who the author is - I care about the content, of which this has none.

If you notice that this tweet is a reply to a person that called Guido out who seems to be somewhat pushy about calling people out - it is a perfectly fine answer. If someone on the street comes out of the blue and wants something from me there is no obligation that I have to be nice. Especially if that someone seems to be building his personal profile on calling out people on TT.

Fair enough, but still not too rich of content, is it? I guess while we are here I'd like to add on as a 'crypto believer' that there is a certain type of dogma alongside the false advertising (and I shouldn't even have to mention scamming) that myself and others like me share a disdain for and actively call out.

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Post by mattwilsonn888 »

debacle wrote: post #141
mattwilsonn888 wrote: post #59

Isn't a brutish tweet still a brutish tweet no matter who its from? There have been infinitely more interesting crypto conversation starters on this board than this - I don't care who the author is - I care about the content, of which this has none.

Guido is not a controversial figure in the industry. This isn't an Elon or Linus tweet. This is a well-respected individual poo pooing pretty directly on the "web3" scene.

As I said, reputation is not relevant over content.

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Post by papito »

It's funny how the simplest of the questions about this "Web 3" throws off the evangelists. They don't have answers for anything. Good scammers can sort of BS for a bit.

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