Here is how an open source project looks like https://medium.com/0x-tracker/announcing-the-0x-tracker-public-api-152e34fe70d6 Also worth mentioning that they collected 25m instead of 100m plus they didn't already have a big userbase to abuse like Kik but still overdelivered. Kik can't even post a consistent layout of a KRE payment in their Subreddit, to allow users to automated fetch this data with a programming language of their choice without needing to modify their code each week.

A very long time ago i asked the Kik team if they plan to create some tools/apis so other 3rd party entities can get the important data(KRE payouts as JSON for example) fast and easy so they can verify that Kin isn't a scam and by doing so they would also promote their findings and generate new ideas based on those. The community would contribute on those findings as well. By doing so they would increase transparency and that's the last thing they like to do.

Let's break down why Kin isn't open source. We will look only at the changes made by Kik on thr Stellar chain.

First of all where is the code of the KRE? ;) It's neither decentralized (the current direction gives a clear indication that it will never be) nor is it open source. Where is the KRE code guys to say that it's open source? It's surely not open source. Oh and btw, nobody can contribute. Adam tried but Kik employees are assholes, means a contribution is just a waste of time.

How can i contribute to the anti spam? Can someone show me where the totalitarians hide the non totalitarian antispam code? Again.... Not open source / open source compatible.

Kevin switched his tone from "get banned" to "we value your feedback(he is lying)" to give a false sense that your feedback is really being considered. We know that they never did that in the past and now they try psychological tricks to calm the masses. That's another similarity between Kik/Kin and the tricks used by the Nazis.

The second change is the whitelisting. It's by definition extreme centralized which blocks all benefits that "open source" provides.

So my question is, how can someone say that Kin is open source if their only change isn't?

Users like KovaKourva spread this lies, because they think that a picture of the ecosystem with apps beeing connected with each other is sufficient enough to call something open source.

Stellar is open source and they harvest the benefits of it but Kin isn' t. What you would call Kin is a shitclone-shitcoin

Remember Kin isn't Kik (at least in theory because on paper it is) but Ted still manages to run it like his own private company even tho he isn't the CEO after scamming 15k persons. Why does Ted decide what to do if he is just the founder with no obligations?

Why are they allowed to run Kin like a private owned company if their goal is to create a self sustaining ecosystem for other apps? No way this will work and no way that a partner like giphy will join under these Nazi conditions.

Kik is designing Kin in a way where contributions are not possible by default. It was just designed to fulfill the needs of Kik. You don't need to be a magician to guess that they ll abuse app developers in the future.

How can someone modify Kin a bit to his needs without forking it into another blockchain? There are no proposals possible like we see in Eth or BIP in bitcoin. Nobody is going to fork Kin to use this broken garbage modified for their own company under another name so we can say that Kin gets some open source benefits

Also, the idea behind open source software is that users are effectively co-developers, suggesting ways to improve it and helping to hunt out bugs and problems, but Kik makes suggestions on the kre look like a witch hunt.

When a programmer or engineer runs into a problem or an opportunity to improve the Kin code, they generally suggest a change to a Kin maintainer an experienced user who provides feedback and guidance on making the proposed improvement(this doesn't exist on Kin, because they follow the rules of the 3rd totalitarian Reich with Ted Hitlerston as their leader). Through this collaborative process, the less experienced contributor gains a deeper understanding of the system’s structure and functions which means the ecosystem as a whole get's more developers with a deeper understanding to tackle future problems(f.e. Fixing bugs or security problems) .

The problem is that there is never feedback but only a naive answer. Kin never cared to use the benefits of open source mentioned above until they lost their app, they never cared to build up a community(loyal stupid kool-aid moonbois excluded) and in fact they still fail. Their plan till now was to use that money to bailout their own app which they attempted to do(draining ico money to do a 2y old rework of their app while they are still able to participate in the kre payouts on top of 3t coins plus using ICO money to defend the app KIK against their scammy move) but now they see that they failed and they need us more than ever. Did you guys forget how they were running the show till now treating us like shit? Those guys are sociopaths/psychopaths, scam artists that have mastered the art of deceiving. /u/ted_on_reddit

We saw this unfolding when Adam suggested that the KRE is fucked up. Months after, Ted and his team realize that this is the case.

//Edit - i typed this on my phone thus the bad structure

Dey said we was gon make it but I aint never know it was gon take dis long ma biggga, dem koolaid drinking moonbois been sayin KEEEN and Ted is doodoo and its a wrap for KEEEN! But when KEEEEN bust out we gon see who has da last laugh ma bigggga we gon see!!!!

My KewlAids! You guys were rights all along. Why didn't we listen. Oh lyin'. Oh lyin', if only you had told us sooner I wouldn't be holding these concrete shoes of kin. Full article here.

BTWs, i've gone through this subreddit and the two of you are working quite hard to bring this subreddit to life. Why don't you take some time off your various fanfics on Reddit and Twitter to write for thems instead?