Show HN: Everybody gets one point every daypointsproject.org 18 pointsdorianm8 years ago18 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−Shywim8ySo, it was already submitted 4 times[1][2][3][4] in the last 5 months and there's still no explanation as to what's the point of this project.[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14511457[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14526920[3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14712444[4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15517341−nightcracker8yThe cynic in me says the point is to collect phone numbers.−dorianmOP8yIt's the fifth version of the same project.−shocks8ySeems a bit like the Black Mirror episode[1] "Nosedive".1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive−uoaei8yThat episode made me by far the most uncomfortable I have ever been while watching a TV show.I think it was the desperation and how so many people could so easily fall down that path of complete fakeness if such a thing ever took off.−MikusR8yAnd before that on Community episode "App Development and Condiments"−tree_of_item8ySo, uh, is this just a way to harvest phone numbers...?−HaoZeke8ySeems pretty malicious.−Waterluvian8yI think this is meant to be a neat little experiment and/or "useless machine" type thing. Like the "Yo" app. I don't think it's meant to be malicious.−FuckOffNeemo8yI'm a little more skeptic.−dorianmOP8yThis is meant to be a new currency with a base revenue for every user.−sz4kerto8yIs this supposed to be some art related to bitcoin?−olegkikin8yNow how do I convert these points to bitcoins?−cvsh8yWhy cash out now? Go long. Pointcoin will be worth millions one day.−blocked_again8yBitcoin would be worth billions at that point :)−rhapsodic8yAnd the point of this is?−cube008yPreview of what life will be like on a basic universal income.−dorianmOP8yThanks, you are on point with what I'm thinking about.
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So, it was already submitted 4 times[1][2][3][4] in the last 5 months and there's still no explanation as to what's the point of this project.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14511457
[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14526920
[3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14712444
[4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15517341
The cynic in me says the point is to collect phone numbers.
It's the fifth version of the same project.
Seems a bit like the Black Mirror episode[1] "Nosedive".
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive
That episode made me by far the most uncomfortable I have ever been while watching a TV show.
I think it was the desperation and how so many people could so easily fall down that path of complete fakeness if such a thing ever took off.
And before that on Community episode "App Development and Condiments"
So, uh, is this just a way to harvest phone numbers...?
Seems pretty malicious.
I think this is meant to be a neat little experiment and/or "useless machine" type thing. Like the "Yo" app. I don't think it's meant to be malicious.
I'm a little more skeptic.
This is meant to be a new currency with a base revenue for every user.
Is this supposed to be some art related to bitcoin?
Now how do I convert these points to bitcoins?
Why cash out now? Go long. Pointcoin will be worth millions one day.
Bitcoin would be worth billions at that point :)
And the point of this is?
Preview of what life will be like on a basic universal income.
Thanks, you are on point with what I'm thinking about.