RE: Huge YouTuber's Talking about Crypto - BAT
That's an interesting perspective. I am personally a fan of BAT and primarily use the Brave browser on both my laptop and my phone. It's true that people may be afraid to speak about their preferred currencies out of fear of being called a 'shill' or being accused of market manipulating.
If a cryptocurrency is not relevant to the discussion, then I could agree to some extent, however BAT I feel is a bit different. BAT, along with the Brave Browser, are attempting to disrupt the online advertisement industry in a big way, which severely affects people, such as YouTubers and other content creators, who may primarily get their revenue through advertisements.
Regardless of where people fall on the issue, BAT specifically I think should be talked about more. It's a potential giant that could seriously shift up how we use the internet, being lead by the creator of JavaScript/co-founder of Mozilla.
Great response :) Thank you for your point of view! I agree, we need to get BAT talked about more, the general conversation about BAT is far too quiet right now
Agreed, and thank you :) Did your brother have any opinions on what would need to change to get the discussion started? In my personal-life, I've talked to a few friends and had them switch over to using Brave for security reasons, with a few of them excited for BATs full integration in the future with it. However, as much as talking to folks in real-life helps, it's hard to get the message out to the masses that way. Having bigger Youtubers or similar content creators like bloggers talk about it would have a way bigger impact in a shorter span of time.
I think conversations like these certainly help, but as you say, we need the big fish to get the word out. My bro is a big believer in the Youtuber's taking the leap of faith and risking talking about crypto's, but whether they will or not remains to be seen. They always 'shoot the messenger' as they say and nobody appears to want to be the messenger at this point...
True. I'm not sure how much this plays a role in it, but it could also have to do with the Youtuber's who know about it seeing it as a threat. Youtubers are paid through advertisements by Google, while Brave is a competing browser to Google's browser which blocks ads and intends on using BAT to create a competing ad network. Until Google signs on and agrees to play by Brave/BAT's rules, their Youtube content creators may lose money from viewers making the switch it it results in less Google ad revenue for them.
It certainly could be a huge deciding point for them. I guess it comes down to whether they believe in the BAT technology and if they do, they would be wise to jump on board. If they are ignoring it and hoping it will go away, then I guess they are relying on the fact that their exposure is paramount. So perhaps BAT needs to look at an alternative route to mass adoption than Youtube promotions? Do you have any thoughts on this?
I'm not exactly sure, to be honest. Getting BAT into the hands of the average person is definitely important, however I think the first thing that needs to happen is have BAT/Braves use-case be fully fleshed out. Right now, Brave is still in beta, with BAT not fully being used. I'm confident in Brenden and his team and trust that they are doing whatever is best for BAT. While STEEM has Steemit/dtube/chainbb/etc proving its case, BAT's usage is not far enough on the development side for the average user to make the switch yet.
I think what is most important, personally, is that the BAT/Brave team continue to get more advertisers on board. Convincing a bunch of Youtubers will get the message out to the average person, however convincing Youtube itself to partner with BAT would flip ALL Youtubers/users together, same with most other major sites and their user bases. I think the most important thing is Brenden and co. keep pushing it forward technology wise and partnership wise, hopefully adoption would naturally follow.