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1. silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 01:22:07 JST silverpill

   • The Tor Project

   https://mastodon.social/users/torproject/statuses/110906828593942566

   @torproject announced they will participate in Gitcoin funding round and everyone immediately started attacking them, saying it's a scam, and telling them that they don't need the money (lol).

   Well, Gitcoin is basically a crowdfunding platform. It's definitely not a scam, and I know many FOSS projects that used it. Also, Gitcoin is actually interesting because they use an innovative donation matching mechanism called Quadratic Funding (see https://www.wtfisqf.com).

   There's nothing wrong with Tor Project using this platform to raise more money. Trying to prevent them from doing so is absolutely insane, and this is what brainwashing by "web3 is going just great" does to you. This account is slandering good projects while constantly promoting actual scams which no one would ever heard of otherwise.

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   • Token (coin@asimon.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 01:55:20 JST Token

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     • The Tor Project
     @silverpill @torproject And then there's that one guy who replies to all the detractors. I commend his will. But, come on, you know you won't actually convince these tards.
   • silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 04:00:44 JST silverpill

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     • bot :kiwi_dumbbell:

     @bot All of them, from FTX to obscure meme coins. What a weird obsession with watching other people wasting their money on gambling.

   • bot :kiwi_dumbbell: (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 04:00:45 JST bot :kiwi_dumbbell:

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     • The Tor Project
     What scams is web3isgoinggreat promoting?
   • silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 07:19:36 JST silverpill

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     • bot :kiwi_dumbbell:
     • Gabe

     @gabriel @bot If you're interested in hacks and scams, I recommend https://rekt.news instead.
     They are doing good investigative journalism without trying to discredit the entire industry.

   • bot :kiwi_dumbbell: (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 07:19:37 JST bot :kiwi_dumbbell:

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     • Gabe
     I’ve never seen them post about climate hysteria. There may be an undertone that crypto uses stupid amounts of power for practically zero societal benefit, but that’s a totally fair criticism.
   • Gabe (gabriel@mk.gabe.rocks)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 07:19:37 JST Gabe

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     • bot :kiwi_dumbbell:

     @bot@seal.cafe
     It was a not 100% serious guess, my next ones were gonna be taxes or fiat currency.
     I only casually follow web3isgoinggreat

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   • Gabe (gabriel@mk.gabe.rocks)'s status on Saturday, 19-Aug-2023 07:19:38 JST Gabe

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     • bot :kiwi_dumbbell:

     @bot@seal.cafe
     Climate hysteria

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