Wrong, Bitcoins are mined at a fixed rate that decreases over time until the supply reaches 21 million, then there will be no new Bitcoins created: https://crypto.com/bitcoin/how-many-bitcoins-are-there

Easy: Votes are an unlimited resource because a user can vote on as many posts as they want and a person can create basically unlimited user accounts, thus the fediverse would be like a market where everyone can create money out of thin air, defeating the purpose of having a market at all.

The fediverse would be more like a market if users had to "earn" votes by posting stuff other people vote on then "spend" those votes on other people's posts. Then votes would be a limited resource that would make sense to apply market principles to.

My new rule of social media: Unless I know and trust the person or the organization making a post, I assume it's worthless unless I double check it against a person or organization I trust. Opinions are also included in this rule.

I'm so glad the blue check marks are working as intended to combat bots and boost real voices. /s

We won't need guillotines if we can just make it trendy for billionaires to do dumb shit like this. 👍

Have they tried not using it? 🤦

Oh, like the time in 2009 when the US government gave $81 billion dollars to the automotive industry? Or again in 2023 when Biden put $12 billion in incentives on the table for them to make EVs?

Everyone: Don't say anything sensitive or personal to an AI because it could end up in training data!

Microsoft: We're making it easier to feed everything you do on your computer to an AI from notepad to your desktop!

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Article title should be "people who treated a basic need as an investment crying that they cannot realize the overinflated value of their investment without becoming homeless". 🙄

The changes that lead to the protest were only the preparations for an IPO. When that sale actually happens, I think things will get even worse with new corporate interests and influence. This story isn't over.

Your comment to keep politics out of hockey is also political, so you should delete it or accept your own hypocrisy.

Sunk cost falacy: The game! 😂