Interesting question. Steemit is. Steemit's nodes and apis are. A whole helluva a lotta Steem is, but Steem itself is not, and may be different enough. Reddit had no ability to fork to escape that control, and suffers for it today.
If worst comes to worst, Steem can fork, and the community of folks intent on speaking forthrightly can escape any incipient censorship. I don't want to undertake predictions atm, but reckon there are folks ready to bolt now, and I am not generally an optimist. I am pretty sure that the more cynical Steemers with the competence are making preparations to fork, and I've been pretty impressed with the community on Steem.
The real value of Steem is the community of folks that imbue the token with value, not the token, the nodes, or the apis. The code is open source and copypastable. Tron didn't buy us, and if he wants us to stick around, he'll shy away from imposing control the community will not tolerate.
We'll see what happens, but the short answer to your question is no.
Interesting question. Steemit is. Steemit's nodes and apis are. A whole helluva a lotta Steem is, but Steem itself is not, and may be different enough. Reddit had no ability to fork to escape that control, and suffers for it today.
If worst comes to worst, Steem can fork, and the community of folks intent on speaking forthrightly can escape any incipient censorship. I don't want to undertake predictions atm, but reckon there are folks ready to bolt now, and I am not generally an optimist. I am pretty sure that the more cynical Steemers with the competence are making preparations to fork, and I've been pretty impressed with the community on Steem.
The real value of Steem is the community of folks that imbue the token with value, not the token, the nodes, or the apis. The code is open source and copypastable. Tron didn't buy us, and if he wants us to stick around, he'll shy away from imposing control the community will not tolerate.
We'll see what happens, but the short answer to your question is no.
Thanks!