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by ItsBob 1656 days ago
Is this jumping on the bandwagon or genuinely beneficial? I'm willing to give FB the benefit of the doubt here.

However, I'm a total rookie when it comes to crypto, blockchain etc. and giving a company that permabans via ai with no human fallback control of payments seems like a bad idea to me.
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arcatech 1656 days ago
Why would you give FB of all companies the benefit of the doubt?
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ItsBob 1656 days ago
I'm trying to be a bit more positive these days given all the negativity surrounding us but I'm under no illusion that FB's raison d'etre is data-gathering and advertising at all costs, even to the detriment human life. I get it. I also don't use social media at all so I'm not their customer.

It's a long-shot, I know but I thought I'd chuck it out there. I wanted to find out if there is a potential genuine benefit to this system without all the anti-FB stuff getting in the way.

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TomSwirly 1656 days ago
> I'm trying to be a bit more positive these days given all the negativity surrounding us

Which negativity has been brought to us by Facebook...

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mdoms 1656 days ago
> Is this jumping on the bandwagon or genuinely beneficial?

Considering that to this date blockchains and cryptocurrencies have not solved a single problem better than their "legacy" counterparts, I'd say the former.

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