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Comment by gustavmarwin | Hacker News Reader

Twitter froze my account today and I have no idea why either. Hate blockchain all you want, but I'm in pure love of it. I/We sorely need transparency and decentralization.

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How would blockchain help?

"Twitter froze my account!" "Yep. I see here twitter froze your account at this time, in this date, in this transaction chain. Proof of work is right here."

don’t knee jerk on the throwaway blockchain comment. he clearly is using it as an example of decentralized systems. a quite poor example for his point, but still.

Why poor if I may? Sounds actually absolutely excellent imho.

That's how: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/87k9iz/presenting...

How does that help? There are thousands of well-meant projects from overenthusiastic but inexperienced developers. The "interesting project!" graveyard is overflowing. Nobody knows this project or cares apart from some enthusiasts, and that won't change. Never even mind the discussion about the purpose of the blockchain here. Even if there was a purpose, I'd say tweets are the last thing that needs to be archived all over the place.

The unique service of Twitter is that it is famous, not that it is able to distribute tiny snippets of text. Just like Medium. By using the brand name service you get an increased chance to actually be noticed and read in exchange.

So like Facebook. So let's not change anything then?

Alright let's do this: you don't change anything and stay on Facebook/Twitter indefinitely.

You will change you mind.

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