Published inLikeCoin — Decentralize Publishing·PinnedMember-onlyIf you had the supernatural power to make a piece of text last forever, what would it be? Our answer is A Declaration of the Independence of CyberspaceIf you had the supernatural power to make a piece of text last forever, and there is no word limit, be it a sentence, a poem, an article or a book, what would it be? What if you could even make a painting, a photograph or a film last forever…Depub6 min readDepub6 min read
Published inLikeCoin — Decentralize Publishing·Dec 8, 2021Proposal to Fairdrop LikeCoin to the Cosmos Community and Civic LikersA proposal raised to the Republic of Liker Land, regarding a fairdrop campaign of 50,000,000 LIKE to the Cosmos Community and Civic Likers. — *Update: A rectified proposal #25 had been raised. Updated the parameter of the calculation formula. Removed claiming task to add LP to keep the claiming missions to 4 tasks. Objectives Giving back to the community Promoting to the world Since the inception in 2017, LikeCoin has always been aiming for mass…Airdrop4 min readAirdrop4 min read
Oct 8, 2021Token Economy: Safeguarding Community Core ValuesAs discussed in ‘A Contribution to Creativity’ in this series, technology platforms have opened up new mechanisms to reflect, embody and proliferate the core values of different communities. Core values such as family values, environmental justice, or the desire for specific foods are implicit compasses that guide human actions. While mainstream social media platforms are deliberately filtering core values in weighted proportions, this article proposes a blockchain-based token economy to safeguard the core values of communities in a bottom-up manner.Tokenomics7 min readTokenomics7 min read
Oct 6, 2021The Echo Chamber EffectAs social media platforms proficiently feed users with self-affirming posts and pleasant experiences, the adverse effect is that people get trapped in their mental comfort zones, losing touch with different communities and alternative viewpoints. Opinion leaders find themselves in endless pursuit of reach, public opinion becomes polarised, and people with opposite viewpoints lose the capacity and interest to converse. Remedies to this social engineering experiment can be found in fact checking and assistive intelligence.Depub7 min readDepub7 min read
Sep 8, 2021A Contribution to CreativityIn recent decades the internet has transformed how people share knowledge, but the web has also diverted from its early promise of democratisation. One problem is a reward system largely built upon free content, with an advertising model based on page views and artificial intelligence algorithms. Currently, rewards mainly go to media platforms instead of original content creators, leading to market distortion and frustrated expectations. This is the first in a three-article series.Creative Commons7 min readCreative Commons7 min read
Published inLikeCoin — Decentralize Publishing·Sep 7, 2021#DePub tutorial: how to publish your work to blockchain“Publishing” is an archaic word. Although we all know what this word means under the context of traditional media industry, the word should mean something more in the Internet era when anyone can publish their content to the Internet by just one click. So, how should we interpret “publishing”? We…Depub4 min readDepub4 min read
Published inLikeCoin — Decentralize Publishing·Sep 2, 2021Digital Content ID: From ISBN to ISCNIf you have ever read a book, you have probably seen ISBN, the International Standard Book Number, which is the barcode printed on the back cover. But why does ISBN exist? Likely not everyone has thought about it. …Isbn4 min readIsbn4 min read
Published inLikeCoin — Decentralize Publishing·Jan 4, 2021LikeCoin Semi-monthly Progress Update 2020.12.28Civic Liker 2.0 launched — Edmond (Operations & Marketing) Statistics and Insights Page views of creators page rise 13% after Civic Liker 2.0 launched on 19 Dec. First week unique page views of sponsor links (https://liker.land/[Liker DI]/civic) is 2636. Number of weekly active creators stay almost unchanged after Civic Liker 2.0 launched (-0.3%) (bi-weekly) New app download : 445(-12.9%), …Likecoin4 min readLikecoin4 min read
Published inLikeCoin — Decentralize Publishing·Dec 21, 2020LikeCoin Semi-monthly Progress Update 2020.12.14One new validator; proposal #7 in discussion; new home for community daily discussion — Edmond (Operations & Marketing) Statistics and InsightsLikecoin4 min readLikecoin4 min read
Published inLikeCoin — Decentralize Publishing·Updated Dec 14, 2020LikeCoin Community Call #202012 MinutesDate & Time 2020.12.07 (Mon) 1820–1900 (GMT +8) 🇺🇳 中文版請到 Matters | Chinese version at Matters Minutes 1. To discuss the optimal inflation rate of LikeCoin chain Oldcat (01'30") briefed the background of Proposal #6 raised and subsequently withdrawn by Guanyun kin ko (03'35") presented the key numbers of LikeCoin chain for participants reference:- - Total LIKE: 1,010,284,824 - Delegated…Likecoin3 min readLikecoin3 min read