I wrote an article titled Case for Disappearing Content on HIVE, 3Speak, BLURT and Microblogging a month ago. The case for can be ephemeral content can be summarized as following:
- Not everyone want to have their content stored forever
- Users are more conscious and restrictive regarding posting when storage is permanent
- Periodic pruning of data can solve this problem
I see this as a real problem to be solved. I do think there will be a significant market for such an application. Even Snapchat came to prominence with the idea of content that get deleted after some time. Now we have a multi billion dollar company that is loosing hundreds of mullions of dollars yearly.
Few Responses Received
Thank you @jfang003 and @oniemaniego for your feedback. I have thought about this more and updated my case.
What I Got Wrong
Users already have an idea of what HIVE is. The STEEM blockchain was built from ground to be an immutable, censorship resistant blog. HIVE and BLURT were forked from that code. Changing that code safely without unforeseen negative consequences is a very difficult thing. We are not on a blockchain that was meant to change and be very customizable.
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Lessons Learned From Other Projects
Take a look at what Cosmos is doing with Evmos. They did not change the way Cosmos work. Because of IBC Protocol it is easier for Cosmos to keep adding different side chains with various features. That does not mean we cannot do the same. We have world's #1 blockchain game built on a blockchain that does not even have smart contracts.
Some projects that adopted EVM are not even blockchains (Hashgraph, Fantom etc.) It should be possible for a HIVE/BLURT side chain to exist that reset the post content each epoch to provide a fresh start while retaining the immutability and censorship resistance during the length of the epoch. It will be interesting to see what kind of change in content and voting/curation habits would appear on such a project.