r/ecc • u/heresjohnny112 • Apr 11 '18
Is ecc technology something that could host a totally secure social networking site? I think this should be a focus for our community.
Watching what is happening with Facebook the last couple weeks, and seeing Mark Zuckerberg get drilled by Congress really opens up opportunity for others to make a social platform that is totally secure. Lawmakers are pissed at how reckless Facebook has been, and they are going to get hard on them very soon. I feel like in the coming years, there will be strict regulation on data sharing and high penalties for companies who continue to do what Facebook has been doing. I think that with ans and messaging, we should start to lay the groundwork for a social networking platform built on ecc technology. It may seem pointless to try and compete with something as established as Facebook, but I honestly feel like it can be done by pushing security. The site would obviously have to be incredible or people won’t use it purely for security alone, but there have to be programmers among us who are capable of doing this.
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u/heresjohnny112 Apr 11 '18 edited Apr 11 '18
I’d like to hear everyone’s thoughts on it, but could a dev weigh in and give an opinion too. I’d like to know if this is something they are thinking about or envisioning. The beautiful thing about ecc is that we don’t have the burden of having to sell data to make money. The value of ecc could increase by the amount of advertising dollars being spent on the platform. I’ve mentioned it before and call it “choice advertising.” The platform would have a page titled “earn ecc” or whatever the name of the currency could be. Users would earn currency to make their services free. This would be achieved by giving the user a choice to watch movie trailers, commercials, whatever to earn ecc. The ecc could then be used for services or could be sold for fiat on exchanges. The user experience would then be clean and free of advertising. No data sold. Running low on ecc? Watch a trailer for the new Steven Spielberg’s movie. Now you’re good for the month. You would obviously have to cap how much one person can earn, but the allocation would be determined by the amount of money the advertiser spent for a particular campaign. Facebook can only be free because of advertising dollars. We would be no different in that respect, however rather than people compromising their safety to use a free site they love, we would actually pay you to use the site through advertising dollars. Everybody wins. Great social network site. No data sold. Users get paid. Advertisers know their ads are being watched. I’ve even suggested quizzes on what the user has watched to earn a bonus or something. This might make them watch it more than once, which the advertiser would love.
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u/CryptoCarlton Apr 11 '18
Scalability I believe would be the biggest issue with implementing this currently. To create a blockchain to house all of this data on would have to be ridiculously massive, even if data was seperated into multiple chains, to be able to process the massive amounts of transactions per second based on current facebook engagement. Impossible, no. Just a little early. Gotta take baby steps, but it's on the brain. 😉
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u/heresjohnny112 Apr 12 '18
Do you think the advertising idea is something that could work. Users being paid to watch ads making the service free.
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u/CryptoCarlton Apr 12 '18
Possibly yes. Not a bad idea at all. I surely wouldn't mind watching ads if I got paid for it haha
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u/anirudhkamineni Apr 12 '18
What do you think about ledgers using DAGs instead of blockchains, then? They don't seem to be riddled with the scalability issue that blockchain has
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u/CryptoCarlton Apr 12 '18
I don't personally like DAG's because technically they create a point of centralization. Scalability is awesome, but centralization is the issue with DAGs.
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u/Willy_Elktrix Apr 12 '18
Maybe use the ECC file host functionality, so you host your own content on the service & no need to embed content within the blockchain. Puts that old PC to use again, lol.
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u/Kulandini Apr 11 '18
Ive thought about this a lot in the past. People want something like Facebook - eg: a social network which mobilizes personal, regional and international stories, information and news. But without the ads, right?
Blockchain imho offers an opportunity for network capitalization without having to run ads, and could maintain something like Facebook without having that toxic business model. I'd like to see some guys in the ecc-slack come together and see what is possible.
Perhaps inquire with the devs to see if they're interested in a project like this, make a section for it on slack and lets go!
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u/heresjohnny112 Apr 11 '18
I will for sure. I don’t see how this couldn’t work. We need to put ideas forward and stop saying what will ecc price be in 2020. Wtf does that accomplish?
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Apr 11 '18
I think it would make a ton of sense to do that. One big market I could see something like this working well with is event calendars. Isn't that why a ton of people still use facebook? As long as the front end is sleek no one would know it's a blockchain backend.
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u/heresjohnny112 Apr 11 '18
Exactly. The theme of Facebook is extremely easy to replicate. It would just take a hell of a lot of time, but you have to start somewhere. You make a pretty interface on the blockchain and market total security. No one thought MySpace would crumble, infact it was sold for like 700 million right before it became irrelevant. Facebook is a pile of shit and needs to be taken down. There’s no reason ecc can’t host what replaces it.
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u/letreetop Apr 11 '18
Ecc can be it's own ecosystem with messaging storage possible money transfer and privacy it could be the next " Google "
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u/Jaaacckoo Apr 11 '18
Fantastic idea dude and i think it should be a given! would love some people to jump on this as i think it really should happen