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RE: Lessons from the Internet's Early Days
I often see Steemit pitched as an alternative to facebook but I don't think most average facebook users would be interested in switching to Steemit (as a replacement anyway). Content creators, sure, but not the average user. Facebook is still a better place to share pics and chat with friends and family. Steemit just isn't set up for that kind of interaction. Steemit is more like blogger or wordpress or reddit. It's just a different use case. Future hard forks may of course change that.
Now as DTube matures, it COULD become a viable replacement for Youtube. It already is for some but it has a ways to go still to match their feature set and ease of use.
You may be right on the Facebook comparisons but I wouldn't be surprise if we have some similar platforms on the steem blockchain some day.
And yeah for something like DTube the comparisons are closer.
Yes, the blockchain certainly COULD replace platforms like facebook but I don't think there is anything yet. Some of the planned changes for the steem blockchain in the future bring it a little closer.