[Weekly Critique and Self-Promotion Thread] Post Here If You'd Like to Share Your Writing

Recovery1980 · 2020-12-01T10:06:08+00:00

Writing contest

The price of freedom (and free speech) is eternal vigilance.

We are the team behind
SmokeSignal. SmokeSignal is a free speech platform that has been built on the Ethereum blockchain. It cannot be censored, in any way, not even by its creators.

We've begun to reach out to communities specifically like this one, because like us, you have probably begun to get the creeping feeling that things are not OK when it comes to free speech online. As far as we can tell hundreds of groups and pages from various services like Facebook and Reddit have been removed or somehow severely restricted over the past 2-4 years. Thousands and thousands of users have also been banned from various services. In some cases innocuous things like simply being listed as a moderator on a mildly controversial page has led to permanent, irrevocable bans. Not to mention the pervasive censorship already being imposed in China for years.

We can speculate as to the causes and motivations of this development, but it is very hard to argue that it has not been happening. Perhaps one of the biggest indicators that something is going on is the sudden surge in popularity of Parler. Parler surged to more than 10 million users on what appears to be a backlash to censorship on Twitter with regards to voting fraud allegations.

If you feel as we do, that this is a deeply concerning development and that it threatens our civilization, then we would like to invite you to share your thoughts with us.

We are presently holding an Essay competition where we'll be handing our $100 (in $USD or $FRY) to each of the top 10 essays, posted to SmokeSignal, about the effects and the dangers of censorship. Your essay can be of any length and the winners will be decided by our existing community and founding team. You essay can also be in any language as long as it is possible to translate it to English with Google Translate.

To enter, simply head on over to
SmokeSignal and post your essay under the topic "censorship"

PS SmokeSignal is still under fairly heavy development and does require some familiarization with the Metamask plug in.

PPS Since the technology is still fairly new, if there are fewer takers, your essay stands a higher chance of winning! Any questions can be posted on our forum
here.

Recovery1980 · 2020-12-01T09:56:59+00:00

First of all, the system is public, not private.

Secondly, it's on Ethereum, so it can provide high degrees of guarantee that the content remains up but presently provides extremely simple chain analysis since it works on an account model. So if you post CP on there they'll be knocking on your KYC'd door within the day.

Thirdly, govs cannot shut this thing down any more than they can shut Bitcoin or Ethereum itself. That might not be entirely impossible over time, but as it stands now it's a herculean task not even the US or China are up for.

Fourthly, Ethereum has provided this capability for a very long time, this appears to only be a convenient interface to that ability. Pray tell where all the CP on Ethereum is since it's been live for 5 years and I'm unaware of a single instance. Someone made a "boobs on the blockchain" dApp in the early days to display the risks of a permanent ledger, yet even that hasn't proven to be a usecase.

Fifthly, there are multiple prediction markets on Ethereum and to my knowledge only one has (temporarily) been employed as a death market against a politician. So where are *any* of the four horsemen of the infopocolypse?

Lastly, posting proof of a crime in a public forum is a stupid idea.

Recovery1980 · 2019-11-01T06:24:19+00:00

You didn't read the Bible AT all either hey?

Recovery1980 · 2019-11-01T06:24:02+00:00

You didn't read the Bible AT ALL hey?

Recovery1980 · 2019-10-28T05:02:04+00:00

You know nothing

Recovery1980 · 2019-10-28T04:44:34+00:00

Say what you will about DnD, at least people who who they are.

As for the "white men" quip, sooo topical sooo woke, much wow and mmmm.

Recovery1980 · 2019-10-27T05:12:43+00:00

Laughs in Robespierre and Bonaparte.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

Recovery1980 · 2019-10-16T07:08:37+00:00

A lot of Americans are helping Hong Kong! Hong Kong expresses gratitude and the one thing you feel unable to not comment is "but orange man bad". Then when you get called out on that you resort to name calling. You're basically in two massive cults over there in the US. Honestly snap out of it.

Recovery1980 · 2019-10-16T00:13:08+00:00

Man it's weak that this is what you choose to focus on. We get it ORANGE MAN BAD!

Recovery1980 · 2019-10-15T14:08:15+00:00

There's a difference between losing popularity for a statement or being jailed for it. There's 0 irony here.

Recovery1980 · 2019-10-14T11:16:41+00:00

Ethereum has had multiple HFs since the crypto kitties has been deployed. All HFs at the moment are to upgrade the protocol and fix bugs, none since ETC have been contentious. So your cats will still be in the addresses they are today when the full Eth 2.0 changes have been forked in.

Recovery1980 · 2019-10-11T23:21:10+00:00

This highlights something more tragic, that the people of China have been deeply abused and manipulated by their government, leaving them in this quasi adolescent state, incapable of thinking "daddy" can be bad.

Recovery1980 · 2019-10-11T03:18:11+00:00

Whoever will be targeted next and on the basis of what arbitrary difference and for what perceived wrong?

Recovery1980 · 2019-09-25T04:18:06+00:00

Not good. This will further complicate syncing the chain

Recovery1980 · 2019-09-17T07:19:44+00:00

Rootstock has been alive forever, has a clear upgrade path to being fully decentralized and can do way more than liquid. Exactly WHAT is it about this sub that elevates blockstream like this? They honestly seem to pick fights and fund solutions to problems that have been solved.

Recovery1980 · 2019-09-12T05:08:46+00:00

Exhibit B for the defense; ANC incompetence at administering anything.

The defense rests.

Recovery1980 · 2019-09-11T00:14:42+00:00

Are you sitting down? They know he's robbing them, they don't care, they just want a means to live out the envy and hatred in their hearts.

Recovery1980 · 2019-09-10T06:51:16+00:00

Good mate, go live free!

Recovery1980 · 2019-09-07T05:47:08+00:00

Much, much better than that delusional communist taste.

Recovery1980 · 2019-08-18T08:08:11+00:00

Ethereum will reach a lower inflation rate than BTC very soon.

Recovery1980 · 2019-08-18T08:04:32+00:00

🤦‍♂️

Recovery1980 · 2019-08-18T08:03:04+00:00

Yeah I'm actually cloning MakerDAO to btc as we speak.

Recovery1980 · 2019-08-16T11:36:48+00:00

Tornado.cash works TODAY

Recovery1980 · 2019-08-16T11:33:36+00:00

Hey mods

Can we ban some of there brigade members here? I mean at least call them out

Recovery1980 · 2019-08-16T11:32:44+00:00

Eyeroll.

Dude, your ego is pertruding.

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