RE: Explaining Steem to Different Types of People
Hello, @midlet
Great content man! Steemit is a platform that has demonstrated the use of blockchain technology, its speed in transactions and its advantageous zero-fee policy has not yet been fully exploited.
And we have noticed that it is not only useful just for blogging and social networks, there are also other applications that are beginning to emerge under this blockchain platform: steemmonster, steemslotgames, and others.
However, this part is a little scary...
Anyone can create their own website, mobile app, or whatever to view all that data and they can filter it however they like, show it however they like, and monetize it however they like.
I mean, you can monetize the information, but what about the copyright of that information? It's something I've always wondered about, the information we post on Steemit, belongs to Steemit? or belongs to the author?
Good content! Thanks for sharing 😄
When you post content here it's more like making it public domain. Anyone can throw up a frontend and read data from the blockchain, and yes they can monetize it through ads.
You ultimately own your account and have the power to edit posts to delete the content though if you wanted.
I really had no idea it could be done. Obviously blockchain technology is transparent and I suppose all that is possible.
But this part
That is not entirely true, after 7 days what's written, written remains... Unchangeable forever, isn't it?
So the way it works actually is that it has nothing to do with the 7 days, nothing can be changed at the blockchain level. It's immutable ie unchangeable, when you edit a post, which you can do at any time on any post forever, you are editing it at the frontend level. So if someone built a frontend that just showed what was on that level and you edit a post and delete the data, it won't show up. But if someone who is technically savy REALLY wanted to see the original post they could because it's still there.
I understand now, thanks