I don’t want anything to do with cryptocurrency (each time I tip someone am I creating a taxable transaction?). I’m not even sure what problem it’s solving. Reddit incentivized good comments without ETH, right? I suspect that, like most crypto projects, this is about creating a way for you to get rich
And I’m very suspicious about “No censorship” stances. If you don’t aggressively filter out spam and abuse then the site will have an unusable level of spam and abuse.
This is exactly the type of clueless low substance anti-crypto HN comment I created Zsync to avoid.
> "I don’t want anything to do with cryptocurrency"
That's fine. It's a completely optional feature.
> "Reddit incentivized good comments without ETH"
First of all Reddit comments are garbage. Second, Reddit only allows you to gift another user "Reddit gold" if you really like their comment. Your "gift" to the recipient is just paying Reddit, and the recipient doesn't get any of that money. In Zsync, you can directly tip the user whatever token you want, and no platform or middleman is getting any cut (ie. I make no money here). I guess theoretically this could be accomplished without crypto, but I'm guessing not every user wants to link their bank account with a social media site, nor do I want to deal with that headache of brokering international bank transfers.
I agree on the need to filter out out abuse and spam.
Reddit was around for like a decade before they added Gold, which was primarily a way to try to make money. My sense is it didn't work very well.
And I'm confused. Are you censoring abusive posts or not? Who decides what's abusive? This is a much bigger deal than incentivizing users to post IMHO.
And I’m very suspicious about “No censorship” stances. If you don’t aggressively filter out spam and abuse then the site will have an unusable level of spam and abuse.