Took long enough for blackhat SEOs to figure out HN is a goldmine for backlinks.

That early 2010s tumblr-esque UI is wonderful. Reminds me of MLKSHK. Good times.

> ActivityPub

Problem is that platforms don't see any incentive in letting their APIs loose like this.

Theranos had Walgreens, Nikola had GM...

>That seems like an insanely good opportunity for people with actual ~actuarial~ expertise to profit off any retail investors/gamblers in the market btw.

https://protos.com/tether-papers-crypto-stablecoin-usdt-inve...

If only you knew...

>Personally I would absolutely not mind being “harassed” by text, if I was also able to exercise wide spectrum of free speech myself.

This is precisely the idea behind 4chan.

It seems overly reductionist to ascribe the essence of 4chan to this one, singular idea. For example, m00t reports that 4chan was inspired by another image board he used to frequent. It is also hardly the first or only website to have light moderation.

What is the point of a blockchain where this could be achieved with simply a public/private keypair.

Economics is not a science, it's an art. Believe me.

Really slick website, love it. When you talk about "we" is that the royal "we"?

Haha thank you, and yes basically! It's too weird to say "I" a lot for me.

The AWSification of small business is going to have interesting results down the road. I couldn't imagine the hair pulling that Etsy sellers and Youtube creators must go through day-to-day. Having a monolith hand that feeds you, doesn't even perceive you, and couldn't care a bit about you dictate your financial present and future sounds unnerving.