Did you read the post? It’s not about the cryptocurrency, or even the network. It’s about abstract ideas for distributed consensus, which are applicable beyond any cryptocurrency. It’s probably interesting even if you’re not interested in Stellar!
That may be true. But that's not how the services are designed.
Quora gives your full attention to an answer. It collapses the comments. It lets you downvote unpopular opinions.
Branch limits the most that anyone can say at a time (to something like 800 characters--which is enough for an explanation but not enough for a tirade). And it gives equal weight to each comment that someone makes.
Wow, very handsome. I like it--I was just wondering what platform I could use to share thoughts that are a bit longer than a tweet but maybe don't merit a full blog post with all the bells and whistles.
My only gripe is that when I clicked on my profile it said, "This guy hasn't written anything yet." which was slightly off-putting as I am not actually a "guy."
>> Diversity is what can happen when lots of different people choose to show up. Diversity is not about how people look, but about how people think.
That may be true--or, at least, it may be true that that is the sort of diversity which is important in a conference. But what Mr. Rutledge fails to acknowledge is that the "how people look" diversity (e.g. race or gender) can deeply influence how people think.
And so it's still important to press for "how you look" diversity and encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations and ages to take leadership roles in the tech community.
Ah, yeah, I agree. There's a fine line between setting good guidelines for safety and enforcing rules based on highly subjective and personal ideas.
I was mostly impressed by parts like point 18:
>> 18. You will mess up. I will take away your phone. We will sit down and talk about it. We will start over again. You & I, we are always learning. I am on your team. We are in this together.
I was 14 when I joined Facebook, in 2008. My dad, who is no dummy, laid out a series of rules for my Facebook use (he had been on the site for a year or so already).
One of those conditions was that he had my password and could look at my behavior on the site at any time. Occasionally I'd post something that he thought was inappropriate, and we'd talk about it, and I'd get embarrassed.
But in retrospect, I'm grateful. Everyone needs guidance as a teenager, and this is especially true for behavior online. Online behavior is at least as permanent as IRL behavior, and the consequences are often more public or serious.
I think it's really important to guide your kids online. Though your 13 year old may not appreciate it at the time, s/he will when s/he's 20 and has only half as much embarrassing teenage material floating around on their Facebook timeline (or Twitter account).
Since when is being fast considered hacking growth? I think some of the "hacks" here are really just facets of a strong product and user experience.
Instagram's user experience is/was great--it lets people feel like they're doing something significant and artistic in only a few seconds. I think that's the most important aspect behind Instagram's growth.