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Same story for me. I gave them the repo link and messages. Nothing 2 weeks later. Now I just block them and even then, you can't select a proper reason (there's no "other" field for a block), so I just say they're impersonating someone and leave it at that. We cannot let this become the primary site for job postings.
Another former Paddle customer: I agree with Mike here. Additionally, issuing anything other than the most trivial coupon was a huge hassle, to the point that it distracted from other work (small team).
Have any better sites you recommend? I initially joined Reddit because ideas appeared to be valued over individual users (no follow at that time).
While I'm not familiar with BitChute, a large part of Steemit's issues boil down to their choice of consensus mechanism: delegated proof-of-stake (dPOS), rather than a fault with a p2p model generally. Many decentralized projects stay away from dPOS, as it can lead to the cartel-like structure that's currently plaguing the platform.
Perfect surveillance will be a hurdle society must cross, but we can come out of it to a more honest place.
Many injustices exist because groups of people can hide behind hypocrisy; pretending to be different from those they target, while engaging in the same behavior themselves. When there is nowhere to hide, there is nowhere to shut out the reality that we're all just advanced animals doing the best we can.
Unfortunately, as u/devoply mentioned, there will be significant pain (and yes, bloodshed) in this process as the legal system's many flaws will be writ large.
In the best scenario we'll eventually use systems like this to form more realistic and flexible societies, rather than as tools to enforce rigid ideas.
The hard part will be that as these surveillance networks develop, they won't be perfect. Their creators, elites, etc. will be able to use surveillance for thee and not for me. That, IMO is the thing to watch out for. If average citizens are going to be watched, everyone must be watched.
Edit to clarify my use of "elites": I use it here to mean anyone with enough money, power or influence to shield themselves from surveillance.