When I, one of the rare lefties here on Hive, see my fellow leftists just bashing crypto with a broad brush when a) it's obvious they've never really learned anything about it, they read some hit piece and are just convinced; and/or b) they think all crypto is the same like Bitcoin, I do my best to try and tell them why Hive is different. By the end me going on about my poor-in-a-rich-country ass doing well here and others in poor countries doing well here and it making a difference in our lives, and describing how PoS works and how the hostile takeover was thwarted, etc. - I usually get some begrudging, "Okay. Your place is better, but the rest of them suck" type acknowledgment. The main thing that I think would make this more adoptable by non-techie normies like myself is a "block" option, as that is the one thing I agree could be unsafe. If someone has a stalker or something, or if someone is targeted by bigots who by definition cannot be booted as might happen in a fb group, say, if they got out of line harassing someone, makes people feel unsafe about it. You can mute a person but if they can still see your posts, you're gonna not feel safe posting, ya know? I hope one day that makes it into a fork. But in the meantime, I continue to do my best to show people that there ARE more equitable, truly decentralized options both in a crypto sense and in a social media sense.
Every time I do a Coinbase Earn activity learning about some new coin, almost every time they're like, "this new coin you've never heard of solves this crypto problem by doing this!" and I'm like "Hive already does that, when list Hive, Coinbase?!"
That Twitter blocking function is just juvenile and ineffective. If you're publicly posting content, selectively blocking individuals from viewing it will only just slightly annoy them into using a private browsing window. For anyone slightly motivated, that's not a big hurdle. You can mute/ignore on Hive and front-ends handle it well.
Then have something like lock on Twitter or "friends only" on fb; something to where you can not be followed by someone threatening you. If it's public-only, a good chunk of people are not going to feel safe here. Like, DV survivors.
Unfortunately the platform isn't very compatible with too much private communication. There are encrypted memos but this being a blockchain, I don't think it's a good idea to make all nodes perpetually host a bunch of encrypted data meant for a small group or one person to see once and then move on.
That's unfortunate if that's really a limitation of blockchain, in this era of internet bullying/harassment, and again, the people just trying to avoid their abusive ex or something.
It is possible for a Hive-connected service or sidechain to provide something more social and private. But with what we have now, it's not worth the cost.
I hope someone builds that, then.
Look at inji.com by therealwolf. That might be what you're looking for
It's not a limit of the "blockchain", it's only a limit of imagination.
MOST people want to have the option to share their photos and stories with people they know, and not necessarily with the entire planet.
That's why discord is so popular. Each individual has full control over what happens in their "space".
ANY of the "front-ends" (like peakd or hive.blog) could implement an encryption feature that would scramble your posts on the public blockchain and still make them readable for people on your "access list".
MOST people want to have the option to share their photos and stories with people they know, and not necessarily with the entire planet.
That's why discord is so popular. Each individual has full control over what happens in their "space".
ANY of the "front-ends" (like peakd or hive.blog) could implement an encryption feature that would scramble your posts on the public blockchain and still make them readable for people on your "access list".
The "MUTE" function should automatically trigger the target's "MUTE" back to you.
Basically, a mutual "MUTE" - we could call it "NUKE".
That way, even if they can see your posts by not logging in under that account, they can't leave comments as that account and they can't downvote you as that account. And if they want to move their stake to another account, they can wait 13 weeks, just to get hit with another "MUTE".
The "MUTE" function should automatically trigger the target's "MUTE" back to you.
Basically, a mutual "MUTE" - we could call it "NUKE".
That way, even if they can see your posts by not logging in under that account, they can't leave comments as that account and they can't downvote you as that account. And if they want to move their stake to another account, they can wait 13 weeks, just to get hit with another "MUTE".
Really? I didn't know that! That's much better if so.
it does not currently function this way.
i'm proposing that it SHOULD function this way.
OH sorry, I misunderstood.
no problem at all.
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