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Like every blockchain project designed to be A New Way to Fund X While Doing Y, Civil appears to have, in every way but coming out and saying it, dropped the A New Way To Fund Journalism part of their mission statement. blog.joincivil.com/the-next-chapter-for-civil-49e0a3b2d4c6Permalink On twitter.com
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No one is going to be getting rich off the CVL Tokens apparently. Also unclear in this mission statement is what is happening to those Civil Newsroom employees who were promised Tokens as part of their compensation package. Are they still getting them? I guess?Permalink On twitter.com
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The tokens, and the way they presuppose everyone will play by the same rules of capitalistic self-interest (that no one will take an action they know will lose them money/tokens), remain the weakest link in the whole project.Permalink On twitter.com
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There's other cool stuff theoretically in the suite of tools Civil is developing, but to tie newsroom missions and existence to rules of a hyper-capitalist structure fundamentally poisons the tree at its roots is still there and a problem.Permalink On twitter.com
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That said, kudos to Civil for stating the most honest thing any modern digital media company has ever said: "Technology is a critical means to an end, but we let it overwhelm our message, complicate our experience, and distract from our core objectives."Permalink On twitter.com
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Honestly, even if the entire thing falls apart, having that on the record is pretty worthwhile.Permalink On twitter.com
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Also, I'm curious how Civil will make the "experience a bit easier" for buying tokens? They link to their site but there is no longer even a link on there to a place to buy tokens from.Permalink On twitter.com
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I guess, despite the link, that won't be online until February?On twitter.com
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