And mine also from the SAFE forum :-) ...
Thanks for responding Chris. I didn't mean to suggest you were negative overall, but have pointed out specific instances where I believe you give your readers a misleading or factually incorrect picture. I think those points still stand (terminology excepted which you say has been updated - thanks).
For me it is not about negative or positive spin or attitude, but making statements that are consistent with the situation and the facts.
For example, you made some very strong statements, highly discouraging to any developers reading, about the difficulty of developing, and made no mention that these serious difficulties were being addressed as you published. I also explained to you that things - at this point in time - are not as difficult as you seem to believe them to be which is why I mentioned the already working dynamic web apps, written in JavaScript using the existing API, as well as the imminent improvements and extensions in this area.
I am not a MaidSafe developer BTW, I'm one of those "external developers" you were thinking of as you wrote, albeit one who is willing to dig around in the early stages of a project. That's how you gain commercial advantage after all.
You have now explained how your personal experience has been factored into your opinion in the article, but that experience was not presented in the article which prevents the project from responding to or address those issues.
Regarding the SAFE Ecosystem, which I pointed out is a major diferentiator of this project, you above take issue with one element that, with your current level of understanding, you deem impractical (pay once, store forever). We're not stupid here in this community, so we are aware that there are things about this project that appear implausible, or are hard to accept, and you are not the only person who wants to see this before believing it. It's not even close to the most contentious such issue debated here :slight_smile:
I have some scepticism about this too, but I do also understand the basis for this claim and can see that it could well work. So it should not be dismissed either, and even if you choose to do so, you could still allude to an ecosystem of rewards that the project has designed to encourage adoption by stakeholders: users, resource and storage providers, app developers, and core developers.
The project is revolutionary, and it has so much to it that nobody can be expected to understand or believe it all until it is working. Me too :slight_smile: but I don't think that's a reason to dismiss that whole section especially if you are going to make comparisons with other projects.
As I said, it's up to you what you do with the feedback. I didn't assume you'd update your article, but I don't think your reasoning for what you wrote stands up and I think you do your readers a disservice in key aspects. Particularly the situation that exists for interested developers, and ignoring key features that differentiate this project.
[Please be aware I'm a member of the community here, not part of MaidSafe and not a developer any more though I still tinker as mentioned. I'm a retired developer who has seen it and done it, and has dug deep into this project, and been continually impressed by it in all respects. This is why I've stuck around, and why I'll take the time to give people feedback when they request it. Of course, people don't always like my feedback or make immediate use of it, and that's perfectly fine. I gave it willingly and in good faith, so please don't take it personally, or assume that I'm expecting anything from you.]
Just to let you guys know. This thread updated me quite a bit on maidsafe. Id love to have them join our hangouts sometime to talk more about it. So if you think this little back and forth was negative in any way at least know I walked away with some good crypto value for my brain ;)
Happy to hear that we were able to provide some value (and hopefully a little bit of entertainment). I'm an avid listener of Beyond Bitcoin (whenever I'm in my car).