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CEO of Twitter Plans to Plagiarize Hive - Let's let him know how we feel about this

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While we knew about this for more than a year now, in a recent interview CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey, when talking about his ambitious goal of launching a decentralized version of Twitter - Bluesky, described something awfully similar to Hive.

As if he was trying to tell us about Hive without telling us about Hive and by pitching "his" idea for a decentralized social media platform.

Very cunning Jack, I'll give you that.

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I wouldn't have issues with this if he gave credit where credit is due by mentioning where he got the idea from.

He intentionally left Hive out of the speech even though we verifiably know he is aware of Hive's existence. Even worse, the way he is describing Bluesky makes it sound like it's going to be an exact 1:1 replica of what Hive did more than 5 years ago when it was first launched under the name of Steem.

This wouldn't be such an existential crisis if what he is creating would actually be a decentralized competitor to Hive, as competition drives innovation and would only propel us further down our road to glory but this is not what Bluesky will be. It will just be a quasi-decentralized cesspool, ideologically entrapping users who want freedom of speech and decentralization, in a platform that won't be able to provide it.

Jack will never be able to release a truly decentralized platform as he is accountable both to his shareholders and the US government which doesn't approve of platforms fostering freedom of speech. Something we've experienced first hand when FBI forced Ned to censor TheDarkOverlord - a notorious hacker group from posting on Steemit after publically demanding ransom for not leaking documents revealing information about 9/11.

Jack, this is unacceptable and we won't let you get away with this easily.

Our voices will be heard!

We did not put in years of collective effort into building this place from the ground up, then rebuilding after the Steem-Sun drama, just so that you can waltz in and copy-paste it to make a few more billions.

Although we can't stop you, we will let the world know that:

  • Hive did it first more than 5 years ago back when it was still called Steem
  • Hive is the backbone and main source of your inspiration for Bluesky
  • Bluesky will turn out to be a copy-pasta of Hive but it will never be truly decentralized like Hive

What I'm asking from you is

To rush over to Twitter and let @jack, @bluesky, and the rest of the world know how you feel about this.

Tag both Jack and Bluesky in your tweets or reply to the following two tweets:

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Before rushing into writing your own tweets, go ahead and give these, and other such tweets some love by retweeting, liking and commenting to gain more traction.

Let's roast this billionaire on his own platform fellas!

Go!

Oh ye, and don't forget to visit this post by @theycallmedan and reply with your tweets for a reward.

Hive on ladies and gents!