The internet is changing constantly. The only constant is change, or whatever...

github

Github's code search was always terrible. Even when I entered the exact expression - literally - sometimes the search would fail and I'd have to navigate by hand through the repo.

Some time ago, they forced 2 factor auth. That's when I quit using it myself.

Then, the other day, I tried searching through beem again.

Sign in to search code on GitHub

So I have to give them a phone number to search code now. As if 2FA would stop hackers and frauds from creating new accounts. Ridiculous.

Banning

Recently, GitHub started banning some accounts and users lose access to all their work. I have no real sources for that. Internet search generally became kind of a joke.

In that sense it's good that Hive is hosted locally at syncad.com via gitlab. I've complained about this, but I understand it a bit better now. What I don't understand is, why this shit isn't at least hosted on hive.io rather than on blocktrades private servers... Whatever...

What is a commit?

Honestly, I don't even know the exact terms, as I don't really use any of this stuff privately.

At the end of the day though, it's really just uploading a set of strings. Then the thing gets 'diffed' (compared to the previous version) and the changes get updated.

It's kind of the same procedure as when you update a post of yours, here on Hive...

...

App 1:

Host the code on chain.

I've read something about this many years ago and thought, that would probably be a nice idea. And I thought, someone was actively building this.

Hive's code itself could be hosted on the Hive blockchain itself. I don't see why not.

Sure, there's more that goes into it, but as far as data storage, why not use the one big machine that this thing already is?

App 2:

Talking about legacy services: What about reddit? Ever since Reddit went public and is now a tradeable stock, it got worse and worse. Not only is it a political echo chamber, it's now one that has to make quaterly profits.

Profits from user created content. The users create, curate and moderate the content. The profits don't go to its users, though. (Unless you buy the stock, perhaps)

Steemit was meant to mimic reddit. I think people forgot. Here's your reminder.

I remember @dan and @ned talking about this; Steemit was built to compete with reddit. It's kind of in the name.

Reddit gets worse by the day and some of its userbase would be ready to switch to a new service.

Why Not?

Hive's user base right now is for some reason obsessed with word count, original photos and other things that do not matter on reddit, at all. In fact, these things don't matter in the real world, either. It's not about skill or quality of content, it's about being in the right circle.

We have a class of users (called curators), who don't care wether the content is good or popular or relevant. It's about word count and who you know within curie and curangel and how well someone can kiss ass.

These people hate logic, work and decentralization. And they like personal profit, their buddies and ganging up on people who call them out.

We get no clicks, no new users, no new ideas. Meanwhile, tik tok, memes, all sorts of short form content is still attracting people.

Our users, however, need to cater to a few curators, only, who judge by criteria that have no value in the real world.

If someone was to release a forum-style front-end, the content would get flagged to hell. We only vote on OPs; comments -no matter how relevant- only get a fraction of the votes.

Reminder: on reddit (a succesful app in the real world) the comments often get more likes than the original post...

What's more, it seems that everyone is an author here, a content creator. There are no consumers. Because the content is ass.

The Problem

The problem is obvious. The solution is obvious, too.

I dare not write it out plainly, at this point. On the other hand, there's so few people who read my shit, it wouldn't really matter.

...doing more of the things we have been doing, won't change a thing - That is certain.

Contact Me

If you got any skills, which would be helpful, contact me on Discord. This November, I'll sit down and smash out some apps, myself. I'll go full retard. Even though I know that I shouldn't, ever.

1 Hive sits @ .13 USD. Can't get worse than this and maybe maybe, some whale wakes up. At the same time, I don't feel like contributing anymore, as it would only benefit our lazy ass whales.

I'll make sure to not open source any of it, so I can move chains as soon as someone sensible forks this trash.