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LurkingPenguin | 4 years ago
> Think of it as Pokemon on the blockchain, with a social network built-in, and an actual economy, and even companies built around the game that help players onboard and loan them money to get started playing. The game has made more than $3 billion in total sales since launching in March 2018, with much of its early growth in the Philippines.
So play to earn is really borrow money to play in the hopes that you might be able to earn.
And just for fun, let's target poor people in developing countries. "web3" sure sounds lovely.
It's sad that the potential of the internet is only eclipsed by the moral depravity of the investor class that exercises so much influence over its evolution.
dang|4 years ago
If you continue to use HN primarily for ideological battle, we're going to have to ban your account. We do that regardless of what people are battling for, because it's not what this site is for and destroys what it is for.
LurkingPenguin|4 years ago
It's strange to me that voicing an opinion about predatory businesses and lamenting the fact that these are supported by an investor class smart enough to see their predatory nature would be labeled as doing "ideological battle". Can you tell me what my ideology is? I'd love to know what ideology has an exclusive on calling out predatory business models and the people who fund them without any apparent moral qualms.
In your other comment, you stated "It also looks like you're mostly using HN to argue about ideological and politically inflammatory topics." It's quite confusing. If there are "ideological and politically inflammatory topics" being posted on HN, any comment on them could be also conveniently deemed "ideological and politically inflammatory", no?
You don't have to ban my account. I'll do you the favor of logging out permanently as apparently, Hacker News is a place where "it is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it" determines what's considered acceptable.
Before I log off, one final note: I've traveled extensively in SE Asia (and in "poor" countries in other parts of the world) and have friends in places like the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc. If you get a chance, I hope you can travel to some of these places. Try to spend some time with people who don't have much and maybe you'd understand how utterly harmful and shameful these predatory businesses are. Perhaps, having made real-life connections with the people targeted, you too might even see a post about these predatory practices and feel the urge to speak up about it.
coolspot|4 years ago
Both points are worth discussion: targeting poor with a new method of earning magic Internet money (actually a pyramid scheme). And major investors losing any moral compass by supporting that (e.g. “Bitcoin is a net positive for the environment” by Jack and Elon).
Igelau|4 years ago