Would love a quick explanation of what this is, especially after clicking through to "Learn More"[0]. I don't want to watch a video, I don't want to read an essay, even the FAQ[1] (which wasn't exactly prominently linked to) doesn't seem to have a "What is LBRY?" anywhere.<p>After a few minutes on this site, I still have no idea what this is. "Watch, read and play in a decentralized digital library controlled by the community." sounds intriguing, but... what does that <i>mean</i>? What exactly is a decentralised digital library? How can I watch, read, and play in it? How does the community control it?<p>[0] <a href="https://lbry.io/learn" rel="nofollow">https://lbry.io/learn</a><p>[1] <a href="https://lbry.io/faq" rel="nofollow">https://lbry.io/faq</a>
I recall lbry.io being posted here before and there were concerns around the naming system, where anyone could take control of a particular name just by giving more money to it at any point.<p>There's an FAQ up (<a href="https://lbry.io/faq/naming" rel="nofollow">https://lbry.io/faq/naming</a>) which addresses this concern, and I think the system that they have designed is fantastic. It seems fair, although I'd give a slightly longer time period for a "counter-bid" personally. I'd taking a look at the FAQ before you move away or comment because they answer a lot of different questions
Am I the only one who looked at the page for 2 seconds, clicked learned more and then went back here again?<p>It's sad how "good looking" demo pages have turned me into a robot, ignoring everything that doesn't satisfy my preferences and therefore result in me missing out of a huge amount of valuable information.
I poked around a bit and shared some notes here:
<a href="https://bryanalexander.org/2017/03/19/what-is-lbry-and-what-does-it-mean-for-education/" rel="nofollow">https://bryanalexander.org/2017/03/19/what-is-lbry-and-what-...</a>
LBRY's Twitter team was also very responsive.
Small tip: you can add a dark background to the header through CSS for those who don't have the image in cache. Right now, while loading it's white text over white background.
I'm still going through the docs and all so this probably has been answered before :<p>How do you deal with takedown and dcma requests? I know ipfs for example has a blacklist for dcma requests.<p>I'm trying to understand what keeps someone from copying a video and sharing it for less or uploading a movie or TV series.
It claims no censorship but what if someone starts using it to distribute content that I'd say almost everyone would deem offensive. Can content be removed?<p>Is there privacy built into the protocol? Can everyone see what I've downloaded & published?<p>What if someone uploads pirated works?
Some good discussion between kauffj (LBRY) and someone on steemit [1].<p>[1] <a href="https://steemit.com/lbry/@hipster/stop-buying-lbry-credits" rel="nofollow">https://steemit.com/lbry/@hipster/stop-buying-lbry-credits</a>
I believe most here recognize that something like this is needed (disrupting payment for content from "the little guys"), and I personally hope something like this will happen soon. Best of luck to the LBRY team making this happen; their "growth hacker" seems to be getting a lot of stuff on the HN front page this week! (That and/or LBRY is genuinely about to hit the big time...)
I tried to access the developer program (from this (<a href="https://lbry.io/quickstart" rel="nofollow">https://lbry.io/quickstart</a>) link on this (<a href="https://lbry.io/get" rel="nofollow">https://lbry.io/get</a>) page) and got a blank page.
I tried to add myself to the mailing list at <a href="https://lbry.io/signup" rel="nofollow">https://lbry.io/signup</a> and got a 500 error.
Looks cool! I'll give it a try.<p>Looks like you guys created your own blockchain for the service. Any reason why Ethereum wasn't used? Any limitations?
Was the video flashing for anyone else while playing? It would flash in bars of black every second or so. Watching it directly on YouTube "fixed" it.
> Subsequent attempts to engage sincerely were also met with derision, so I'm not sure anything could have ever been done that wouldn't have been met similarly.<p>Some people are like that, where if you respond to their snark, your response will be used against you to tarnish your reputation in the eyes of bystanders.<p>It is important to never let them get the moral high ground.<p>If someone says something like...<p>* "Your team is all white."<p>* "Your team is all male."<p>* "Your team is all American."<p>* "Your team is all able-bodied."<p>A better way to respond would be something like, "That's true. We're always looking for new talent and embrace diversity, just haven't had much luck yet. <hiring page URL here> if anyone's interested."<p>It addresses the problem, and contains an open invitation for people of diverse backgrounds to apply.<p>(All of this is assuming you're willing to work with people who aren't white, aren't male, aren't American, and/or aren't able-bodied, of course.)
Company is a bit tone def when it was pointed out they have a all male team <a href="https://twitter.com/LBRYio/status/843865332771164160" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/LBRYio/status/843865332771164160</a>