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Re:Dtube – A decentralized video platform using STEEM and IPFS by bringtheaction on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @03:44AM (#16481623)
For a community whose intentions are not commercial why would they need a crypto currency baked into the voting aspect?

In other words, is it reasonable to expect STEEM to not primarily attract those with commercial intentions?

Re:Dtube – A decentralized video platform using STEEM and IPFS by mmjaa on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:09AM (#16482175)
Communities engage in forms of exchange. If I were using this to communicate with other members, for example interested in retro computing, it'd be nice to have a way of exchanging hardware with each other, with some kind of economic exchange to fit.

Its not unreasonable to give people - no matter whether their intentions are commercial or otherwise - a means of safe exchange of value, without commercialising that exchange. Or, is it?