TempestOfTempo
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Rokfin. Who remebers Rokfin? Its like the Friendster or Myspace that never actually happened.
But just a few short years ago, the Blumenthal/Dore network was jumping onto the Rokfin bandwagon en-masse. They were encouraging their audience to do the same, touting it as an alternative to youtube in terms of avoiding censorship and as a revenue-generating alternative to Patreon/Substack and etc. Rokfin was pushed with a sellingpoint of "You NEED to get on Rokfin! Its the REAL outlet where REAL alternative voices are platformed and besides... were all about to get kicked off of youtube anyday now due to our truth telling!"
Well, Rokfin is technically still online, but its noweheresville... and all of those outlets are STILL on youtube... what does that suggest to you?
What you werent being told by that entire network (while they were attempting to sell you on this scam) was that Rokfin was not an alternative. Rokfin was a privatized sheepdogging operation. YOU werent "allowed" to start a Rokfin channel yourself. Content creators who wished to utilize this bastion of free-speech and expression had to submit an "application" to see if they were worthy of being chosen for platforming on the site. Yes, you read that correctly... the entire time people were being herded into this scam, they were only allowed to listen to the "curated voices" which Rokfin had deemed worthy of approval via whatever secret, arbitrary process they employed. The most you would be able to raise your voice would be in the sidechats offered by channels and if they dont like what you are saying or cant handle the questions you are asking... you just get silenced by the channel mods. You have no real voice at Rokfin... just get in here, sit down, shut up and listen to our "curated voices"... oh yes, I almost forgot... you get you pay for this honor. Rokfin aint free. So its PAY UP, get in, shut down and accept our propaganda.
Think the propaganda term is too harsh? Well, we have already established that the Blumenthal/Dore operation is a propaganda dissemination network... and if you look at the supposed left/right choice of content provided by Rokfins "curated voices"... they are eerily similar. You can go look for yourself, the differences between the Rokfin progressive/conservative content creators often (shockingly!) dovetails into an alt-right/left crossroads.
Then there is the fact that viability of the platform itself is non-existent. Its biz model was ridiculous from the start, a fantasy at best. There was no model or structure for success... there is no way for Rokfin to be profitable as it currently stands. This was evidenced by the hosts (from Iversen to Convo Couch and etc.) trumpeting how much of an improvement Rokfins payout systems and margins were when compared with youtube. But when that crypto-based payout system failed to produce, you could see the literal fear in the eyes of this networks "hosts" as they realized they were not just in on the scam, they were being scammed themselves. Sure, they still keep the links up and occasionally attempt to direct their audiences there, but its just another option in the sea of Bitchutes, Odyssey's, Rumbles and etc.
So Rokfins a dead-end... but for this network, it was a success. Just like their Peoples Party scams and etc. its exists to create a stir, deflate and detract from other legitimate efforts, disenfranchise as many people as possible and ultimately... lead you right back to youtube where this same crowd will howl about the duopoly.
Wash, rinse... repeat.
But just a few short years ago, the Blumenthal/Dore network was jumping onto the Rokfin bandwagon en-masse. They were encouraging their audience to do the same, touting it as an alternative to youtube in terms of avoiding censorship and as a revenue-generating alternative to Patreon/Substack and etc. Rokfin was pushed with a sellingpoint of "You NEED to get on Rokfin! Its the REAL outlet where REAL alternative voices are platformed and besides... were all about to get kicked off of youtube anyday now due to our truth telling!"
Well, Rokfin is technically still online, but its noweheresville... and all of those outlets are STILL on youtube... what does that suggest to you?
What you werent being told by that entire network (while they were attempting to sell you on this scam) was that Rokfin was not an alternative. Rokfin was a privatized sheepdogging operation. YOU werent "allowed" to start a Rokfin channel yourself. Content creators who wished to utilize this bastion of free-speech and expression had to submit an "application" to see if they were worthy of being chosen for platforming on the site. Yes, you read that correctly... the entire time people were being herded into this scam, they were only allowed to listen to the "curated voices" which Rokfin had deemed worthy of approval via whatever secret, arbitrary process they employed. The most you would be able to raise your voice would be in the sidechats offered by channels and if they dont like what you are saying or cant handle the questions you are asking... you just get silenced by the channel mods. You have no real voice at Rokfin... just get in here, sit down, shut up and listen to our "curated voices"... oh yes, I almost forgot... you get you pay for this honor. Rokfin aint free. So its PAY UP, get in, shut down and accept our propaganda.
Think the propaganda term is too harsh? Well, we have already established that the Blumenthal/Dore operation is a propaganda dissemination network... and if you look at the supposed left/right choice of content provided by Rokfins "curated voices"... they are eerily similar. You can go look for yourself, the differences between the Rokfin progressive/conservative content creators often (shockingly!) dovetails into an alt-right/left crossroads.
Then there is the fact that viability of the platform itself is non-existent. Its biz model was ridiculous from the start, a fantasy at best. There was no model or structure for success... there is no way for Rokfin to be profitable as it currently stands. This was evidenced by the hosts (from Iversen to Convo Couch and etc.) trumpeting how much of an improvement Rokfins payout systems and margins were when compared with youtube. But when that crypto-based payout system failed to produce, you could see the literal fear in the eyes of this networks "hosts" as they realized they were not just in on the scam, they were being scammed themselves. Sure, they still keep the links up and occasionally attempt to direct their audiences there, but its just another option in the sea of Bitchutes, Odyssey's, Rumbles and etc.
So Rokfins a dead-end... but for this network, it was a success. Just like their Peoples Party scams and etc. its exists to create a stir, deflate and detract from other legitimate efforts, disenfranchise as many people as possible and ultimately... lead you right back to youtube where this same crowd will howl about the duopoly.
Wash, rinse... repeat.
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