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RE: Thoughts on TRON acquiring Steemit INC?
"Why do people always go off-chain for these discussions?"
Couple reasons spring to mind: the chats there aren't on chain, and thus permanent records - and potential evidence at trial. Also, DMs. We need DMs on Steem yesteryear. Memos are too clunky and public.
Good point. That's a difference in perspective. I generally assume that anything I type on the Internet or in e-mail is permanent, but if you don't start from that assumption, then chat would make sense for some purposes.
There are also bots and voice/video messaging that make chats more useful. I guess I overstated my point a bit.
Too clunky, yes. It's actually possible to encrypt a memo and make it private by preceding it with a pound sign (#) though. I think that a better user interface could actually make Steem's DM capability pretty useful and private.
Even encrypted comms provide metadata, and history reveals that is a useful attack vector for bad actors.
I do agree with you we need DMs.
Thanks!