It just baffles me how a new social media service in 2021 with a heavy base of tech and crypto enthusiasts is using the exactly same centralized, privately controlled and owned model as the status quo I thought we all agreed on was problematic. Really?
As icing on the cake, you need phone number verification to sign up, something that in an increasing number of countries is practically impossible and maybe even prohibited to get without having it tied to your personal name, address and government ID.
I got several invites to it but no way am I going to be part of the growth of what I consider harmful. They could have done something great here, but it seems it's just a VC grab for money, influence, user data and market share.
I hope they either do a hard pivot or that the service dies in a fire.
As icing on the cake, you need phone number verification to sign up, something that in an increasing number of countries is practically impossible and maybe even prohibited to get without having it tied to your personal name, address and government ID.
I got several invites to it but no way am I going to be part of the growth of what I consider harmful. They could have done something great here, but it seems it's just a VC grab for money, influence, user data and market share.
I hope they either do a hard pivot or that the service dies in a fire.