I first found out about Synereo here on Steemit and I have loosely followed this project because it was being pitched as an alternative content platform that was blockchain based.  Why not spread the @brianphobos name to other platforms and earn everywhere right?  There seems to have been a lot of drama with this platform overtime.  There was a lot of infighting it seemed and the project in a lot of ways seemed to never get anywhere or wasn't getting there very fast.   They had launched their Alpha version which they were calling it Qrator basically meaning curator of content like we do here on Steemit when we upvote a post that we like.   They ended up just changing the name to WildSpark about 8 days ago and will be launching the BETA version tomorrow.   I have signed up to be a BETA tester at  www.WildSpark.me You can sign up as well if you want.  Here is a little Gif of the application in action.  It is basically a Chrome extension you install.  

Initial Thoughts At That Point

Well I think it is was smart to change the name to WildSpark.  That is easier to remember and to spell.   To be honest I was initially disappointed to find out that their content platform isn't going to launch.  That it is just this initial application to curate content that is out on other platforms already.  There are a lot of questions I have about it as well which I will go into later in the post.   

Here Is The Promotional Video They Released

It was a good video from a production standpoint but it left a lot of questions in my mind.   I tried to look around YouTube to see if any of the Alpha testers had posted anything.  There was hardly anything out there except an extremely crappy video posted by a guy who was shaking the camera and filming his computer screen while mumbling.   

One thing I think they did in the video that was smart was showing the money flow of AMPs in a sideways flow like this.   

If they should have shown it as a bottom up flow like this then immediately people would think it was an MLM Pyramid Scheme.  

If people perceive it to be and MLM it will drive a lot of people away.  They will look at it like this.  They should be looking at BitConnect this same way.  

Questions About The Platform

1. To start are you going to have to put money into it?   If you have to bring AMPs to the table I feel it will have an extremely hard time.  One of the things I said when I joined Steemit was that if I can't get on and make money creating content then it won't work.  I never brought any money here from the outside and it has worked.   
2. If you AMP someone's content up how is that content creator going to be notified?  It is acting like you could be on any platform and AMP up someone's post.  How is it going to notify someone if that was some meme that was posted online.  Plus it could be something that has been taken from the original creator.  
3. If you place the unique WildSpark link somewhere and someone clicks on it will they have to buy AMP's so that you and the creator can get paid?   If so it would seem that the chain would end right at that point because they aren't going to jump through all the hoops to buy AMPs to reward the original creator.  

What Happened To The Content Creation Platform?  

Honestly it was a big let down to realize that this isn't going to be its own platform right now.  That part doesn't make sense to me.  Here is what they said in their blog in April.  

After establishing a solid network, built on top of popular, existing Internet destinations, Qrator will also function through a distributed content delivery network, allowing users to directly upload content to the Synereo CDN, bypassing providers like YouTube and their centralized servers entirely. With this, the independent decentralized social network, adhering to Synereo’s Attention Economy model, owned & operated by its users, will become a reality.   

So I don't see the value add at this time in a lot of ways.  This would make a ton of sense if the content was being put on their own blockchain / platform and they were driving people to that content.  Just going around tipping random people who might know nothing about crypto currencies doesn't seem like a sound model.  Now they are saying Synereo CDN will come out at a later date where content creators can put their own content on there. 

What would have made more sense is for Synereo CDN to be out there first so that content creators could post stuff and then you have this WildSpark application where people could then try to drive traffic over to the Synereo CDN and if someone followed the WildSpark link they could automatically get a certain amount of AMPs if they joined the network.  Then the more people they potentially drove to the platform they would get more AMPs and it would keep building.  

Conclusion

I'm not trying to sound like a Steemit fan boy over here but it is still pretty clear to me that the Steemit Platform is light years ahead of these other projects.  Steemit is improving and has a ways to go but with this WildSpark app it is sort of like testing a small piece of the ecosystem before the actual platform is build.  Let's start putting the windows in the house before the foundation is even there. Hmmmm

There are still a lot of things I don't know until hopefully I get an e-mail tomorrow to be let into the BETA testing.  Once I know more I will let you guys know!  

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