RE: Most Blockchain Development is Utterly Wasted on Reinventing the Old… We Need New Ideas
Steemit actually is not a social network but a blogging platform, so it will not replace Facebook - it's a different kind of software with different functions.
Centralized ? Decentralized ? Good or Bad ?
Actually how can you access steemit software ? Using steemit.com
What do you use for it? A browser. How do you access Facebook ? ...
It's not a game of words, steemit and facebook from a user point of view are centralized systems... the technology used , blockchain, is decentralized but it's a quality related to the power and construction "material".
Steemit can change, it can evolve, and as web software designer and developer I can tell you that estetically Steemit could look like facebook ... So I think it could replace Facebook
(P.s. if you are interested in a SteemIT version that have same functionality as facebook please follow my blog to support the cause)
You seem to be saying two different things... "Steemit [..] will not replace Facebook" and then "I think it could replace Facebook" - which is it?
It could it doesn't mean it will , and I specify a condition which probably is not obvious but I tell it with other words: as it is now will not replace Facebook (absurd btw) but if UI AND UX will evolve and provide real social network functionality ( messages, chat, pages, posts, reactions etc) it could mean even facebook death. Does it make sense now for you ?