While I edit my (old and new photos) photos on Lightroom Mobile for a posts, recently I have had some trouble uploading them into Peakd where I generally write the posts as a draft on my PC. When I upload, the browser crashes and restarts, so as a workaround, I have been uploading into a discord chat first - but occasionally run into a weird issue.
Apparently, that image was too explicit.
It is funny really, since I get spam messages all day featuring 12 million emojis that apparently they can't detect and filter out, but they deem this too explicit.
Look at the links on her!
Personally, I don't care much for censorship, but this is part of centralized platforms and experiences. While on Hive there is the idea of people can do whatever they want and this holds true from what can be posted in text to the base blockchain, communities themselves are able to choose whether or not they mute people from appearing in their community, even if the same contributor has added to the blockchain. This is important, because in order to tailor second-layer experiences for a target audience, it is important to be able to sort, include and exclude content in order to best cater for that group.
What is cool on Hive for example, is that it is not only possible for anyone to create a community, but it is also possible to create interfaces that look straight into the blockchain, but can have inclusion and exclusion filters, as well as second-layer tokenization models that can be adjusted for the community itself. This means that not only is the content selection tailored for the community, but the rewards mechanisms can be more tightly fit to the users too.
One of the reasons that base layer "rules" create so much friction, is they have to be as wide as possible to allow for the second-layer usecases, otherwise they become too narrow and limiting. But, everyone is going to have their own rules as to how something should or should not work, but unless it is coded in, it is free choice, regardless of opinion.
As you can see - lots of room for disagreements of many kinds, but with the layer capabilities, this isn't a problem and going forward into the future, the applications and experiences will more heavily rely on the ability to develop personalized experiences for their audience. This distinction is vital, as it indicates ownership - there is the ownership of an account, a token and the abilities that it allows, but also of the communities and second layer applications. These are private and businesses, not public property.
An example of this is how Splinterlands operates, which is a company itself that resides on the second layer, but gives access to its assets for community derived ownership secured by the base blockchain. This means that the company has a lot of control over the aspects of the game, but the assets are able to "live" outside of their in-game ecosystem. This gives centralized control, but decentralized freedoms that can be leveraged in many ways, including the development of third-party products and services that compete directly with the core business. This provides additional security to investors, because they have a "walk-away" option, while still having options for their assets.
This is the power of decentralized ownership and what is going to bring a lot of value back to the consumer and investors, because it is going to bring in more accountability for the business models themselves, since they won't be the "only game in town" even thoguh they are the ones who first introduced the assets themselves. This means they have to keep delivering value, or else what they have created can wither away, but what people own can keep growing in strength.
The move from Steem to Hive is a brilliant illustration of how this can happen, where almost an entire community "picked up stakes" and built an entirely new experience at the base layer. Not only this, the second-layer applications like Splinterlands made the move with minimal disruption also, meaning they weren't locked into the blockchain itself and could make the decision that best served their community and therefore, their own value streams. As we can see over the last two years since, the decision was sound and while the development continues on Hive, it has stagnated there.
As I have mentioned many times now, the battle in the world is increasingly going to be highlighted as a fight between centralization and decentralization - control for the few, or power to the many. Despite what may get acknowledged, Hive is not only well positioned to be part of the discussion, but it could be a driving force at the practical level, empowering its participants at all levels to take ownership and responsibility over their personal experience and how it fits into the experiences of everyone else, on and off the chain.
There are so many sides to the conversation already and there is a lot of undefined territory, but I think that as we go forward, it is going to become more apparent why decentralization and value distribution is so important to our wellbeing as a society, community and individuals. But, this isn't power granted us, nor is it power we have to take - it is power we have to create.
It is an opt-in decision to be decentralized.
A passive choice to stay centralized.
Taraz
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Now if only it were possible to explain this in a way so nutty narcissists experiencing a meltdown could understand...
Could tattoo it on their head backwards so they could read it in the mirror every morning, but they still wouldn't have enough reflective ability to understand.
Nope. They'd simply attach some kind of, deeper meaning, that only folks with, increased awareness and heightened abilities, would be able to comprehend, since they don't have a, direct connection with the spirit world.
Or some shit...
It is completely logical.
And what you just said would be taken at face value. The beat goes on...
Decentralized platform/ projects is taking the leads now, every body needs that freedom to be able to give out their potentials without any restrictions. just like how most steem users switch to hive. That's to show that blockchain is fully decentralized where users can make decisions.
Users make their decisions and own the consequences of them also :)
Exactly is funny though but I think is better than being controlled by one person lol
That's a sexy chain you got there! 😂
Personally I love it here with minimum censorship. But that's mostly because I post about nudity related topics. It's nice to be able to post with only a few "rules" keeping me locked down. I'm hoping to eventually start a nudist community on here, though I might be the only one in it!
That's a sexy chain you got there!
Too wild to let off the chain too.
There are essentially no rules to what you post, though there are some rules of the blockchain itself that apply to everyone. Other than that, content is "ruled" by the community itself in regards to the reward functions. However, if for example there was nudist community - (you can start a basic one easily :) ) it could have other rules for the community and then people could be muted from the community, but not the Hive blockchain. Alternatively, if there was a nudist interface with "NIPPLE token" - people could post whatever they want in there according to the interface rules and not worry about the HIVE side at all. Often though, people still want to earn Hive, which is governed by Hive stake, which means there is "discussion" about what is acceptable or not.
"NIPPLE token" bwahahaha! I was thinking "Nekkidcoin" but the possibilities are endless!
I don't even have two NIPPLES to rub together.
I too have to go through weird hoops in order to upload pictures to PeakD, it's a bit tedious. My phone decided that it won't upload pictures anymore with my account, be it Brave browser or Safari. An alt account works fine but then I have to switch things around and that's just annoying lol. Thankfully it works if I use the Keychain app.. I hate those annoying little demons that pop up here and there and can't be figured out.
Lots of things lately have shown us that decentralization is crucial for people to have some type of freedom and ability to make our own decisions. Look at those douches at GFM, that whole fiasco is a prime example of why things like crypto and Hive are so important for the future. Don't agree with the program? Too bad!
I'm glad there were other options and even crypto stepped up to help. Power to the people!
It started a few weeks ago for me - same for you?
Perhaps @jarvie might know why.
GFM? I have missed an acronym somewhere!
Oh sorry I've been reading it too much lately, acronym soup! Go fund me lol
Asgarth helped as best he could and made some code tweaks but nothing alleviated my issue. Using keychain is acceptable for me lol
For sure we are facing change in the governance model, both in real and virtual life. But the form that persuades that -power should be divided among the users ;to have the freedom to choose for oneself, what to do and what to work for. I think, by whichever name we call it, that is surely good in all aspects.
Good write,👍
It is going to get interesting when people are used to taking responsibility of governance, and they start questioning the role of governments.
Hmm, that is what the true definition of "good governance" all about..
Have a nice day, kp..
👍
The more centralization keeps trying to maintain control, the more people see the need for a decentralized financial World
As they start to get benefits or see others benefit, most will jump in.
I agree...
But I also realize that with great power comes great responsibility.
There'd be more censorship issues to handle as communities and systems grow if author privileges and plagiarism are to be handled properly.
Thanks for this @tarazkp
Yes, this is the job of the community owners. It is up to them to choose how they run their community, application, or whatever experience they offer on the second layer.
I appreciate the opportunity hive have given every individual in the platform to showcase his or her own skill in the blockchain and also creating opportunites for so many regardless of how you may view it or accept the impact is has giving to every individual which is awesome. I believe the growth of the blockchain increases daily and I believe hive will make it to the top ten best decentralized blockchain.
Top 10 would be nice - by market cap I think we are around #140 - but I reckon from usage from real people, we are up there pretty high.
I had to look twice to realize it was a picture of a chain, maybe I am a bit slow.
The lack of censorship on hive is pretty amazing but like most things that have advantages, there are also disadvantages and there are a few.
Did you see a naked person?
What do you think are some of the disadvantages?
😆 I wish I saw a naked person, that would have been interesting.
Well, a major disadvantage is that people are a bit crazy, and given the freedom, they do take it a bit far.
Some things I have seen and watched here on hive are a bit wild and this is me being nice.
You can always mute people who's content you don't want to see :)
That is what I usually do, I am not bothered but it's still a bit crazy sometimes.
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Good article. Can read it and add insight for me.
As we have seen recently, facebook and instagram may be shut down in Europe due to data fights and ownership. Therefore, one more time we see how important our own power and ownership we create on HIVE is for the community.