{"id":232896,"date":"2021-04-22T08:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T05:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bitcoiners-back-social-platform-to-escape-shadowbans-and-demonetization\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T05:14:18","slug":"bitcoiners-back-social-platform-to-escape-shadowbans-and-demonetization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bitcoiners-back-social-platform-to-escape-shadowbans-and-demonetization\/","title":{"rendered":"# Bitcoiners back social platform to escape shadowbans and demonetization"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# Bitcoiners back social<\/a> platform to escape shadowbans and demonetization <\/strong>”
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A new Social media platform called Locals has drawn strong backing from leading crypto figures as part of a push to escape big tech censorship.<\/p>\n

Locals Technology<\/a>, Inc. announced a $3.8 million seed investment round on April 20, and included backing from the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital Assets, Anthony Pompliano, former Coinbase CTO Balaji S. Srinivasan as well as Alexander Lloyd, co-author of The Little Bitcoin Book.<\/p>\n

Locals is an alternative platform that gives control to independent creators by allowing them to post content without wrestling with the ambiguous censorship standards on social media platforms such as YouTube and Patreon. <\/p>\n

Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip<\/a> said that he joined Locals because it gave him back the control over his content, noting he was fearful over what content he could post in light of being shadow-banned or demonetized:<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore Locals, I couldn\u2019t control what anybody saw because Twitter could shadowban me, YouTube could demonetize me and it looked like one wrong move and I would just be out of business. I was putting tons of work into something that I had no control over. These platforms could just snap a finger and I\u2019d be out of business.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the platform is not blockchain-based, it\u2019s likely to be of interest to crypto influencers who have fallen victim to similar shadow bans, demonetization, video deletion, and algorithms that reportedly work against crypto content. <\/p>\n

Co-founder and CEO Assaf Lev noted on the company\u2019s website<\/a> the aim of the platform was put creators back in control:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe created locals.com to give creators more\u2014more money, more control, and true ownership over their own content and audience.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Creators on the platform can set the rules for allowed content in their own \u201ccommunities,\u201d with fans also being able to post content in the communities they subscribe to. Co-founder Dave Rubin<\/a>, who is an outspoken<\/a> political commentator and YouTube personality, started Locals with the idea of evening up the playing field: <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you think about the relationship between the big social media platforms and the content creator, the equation is backwards. The content creator is why people visit these big tech platforms, and yet they are the ones who make the lion\u2019s share of the money.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Creators can set their own monthly subscript<\/a>ion fees, with Locals taking a 10% cut of total monthly revenues. The platform operates with Local Coin, a non-crypto virtual currency which holds a value of 10 cents.<\/p>\n

The push for monetized free speech platforms has sparked a lot of innovation for blockchain-based solutions. On April 1, Cointelegraph reported on several platforms that aim to solve the vague content monetization policies of the major platforms. For example, GazeTV<\/a>, You42<\/a>, and AIOZTube<\/a> are all aiming to provide a transparent way creators can post content while being able to track revenue on the blockchain. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n