Hey guys... I needed to share something with you, and ask your opinion on something.
YouTube
FRONTLINE PBS | Official
The Facebook Dilemma, Part Two (broadcast stream) | FRONTLINE
This is the second in a series detailing the abuses of FB by various groups, as well as the abusive nature of FB in general... And something occurred to me.
I've been using Google+ for years to display galleries that I curate as part of my work. I have a link to it on my steemit masthead. I was very disheartened when I found that G+ is going strictly industrial in a year, because the community there is much better than FB, and moving 10k+ images is going to be a daunting task.
I'm still trying to figure out whether I should use Tumblr or Pinterest for that...
But one of the things that G+ users have always enjoyed is that it's a bit more of an adult space, largely in that Google doesn't share the FB predilection for wetting it's pants when nipples are shown. Porno goes straight out the window, as is right and good (I am a most zealous censor as regards to that) but as long as it's tasteful, nobody really cares.
Art is art, and humans are beautiful beasts, after all...
It occurred to me that if G+ were to simply modify the "safesearch" features that already exist as part of it's regular search engine protocols, it could very easily create a security system similar to that of EVE: Online. A "High security" space, which is all G-rated "Mom and Apple Pie" as is Facebook; and with a bit more work, heavily fact-checked. It likely wouldn't be very difficult for them.
And then a 'less secure' space wherein more adult oriented, yet still PG13-ish posts could be maintained. This area would be less heavily checked, more free-speech oriented, yet clearly de-marked as such; much as in EVE: Online.
Then perhaps, if Google has the balls to market itself as a social media outlet for grownups (it could happen) they might be able to cause a bit of a stir...
And while I certainly want to promote Steemit and the blockchain; it seems that this could be a way of disrupting FBs' stranglehold on Social Media; a way to introduce a great amount of disquiet among the giants, and delay their ability to create a crypto-based social media alternative.
In short... we set the titans at each other's throats, and gain bonus time to solidify our own position.
Any feedback on this would be highly appreciated.
PS: A song by St. Ozzy Osbourne, originally about nuclear weapons, but which bears a certain relevance to this situation:
Glory to the Glorious,
Silas Danois
