Pioneer1 Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 Troy, it's funny how earlier this morning I was expressing my distrust of many online pay methods.....just a few minutes after I made my post THIS brutha (Rizza Islam) discussed a new Black owned online payment method that was getting ready to be launched. He briefly mentions it in this interview: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted July 21, 2022 Report Share Posted July 21, 2022 I appreciate these alternative payment systems. They do come in handy for certain transactions. Saves on burning gas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer1 Posted July 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 It's like ATM machines and self-check out stations.....they come in handy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted July 24, 2022 Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 Pioneer the video is 2 years old. I don't know if the platform ever launched. Have you found a website for it? I found this one: kingdompay.com but nothing is there. Kingdom Pay's social media has been dormant for 2 years as well. On 7/20/2022 at 5:48 PM, Pioneer1 said: ...just a few minutes after I made my post THIS brutha (Rizza Islam) This is not surprising' Google is always listening and anxious to get you to watch and share their videos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer1 Posted July 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2022 Troy Hmmm...... Not quite sure what to say about this one. I didn't follow up on it too closely, so learning this is actually quite embarassing....lol. Here I was ready to get down and support these brothers pushing their own online financial system too. Rizza Islam is a very smart young man. If not this one doesn't get off the ground, perhaps another one will come along that is even better and more reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ireneearoyo Posted October 14, 2023 Report Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 7/21/2022 at 6:25 AM, ProfD said: I appreciate these alternative payment systems. They do come in handy for certain transactions. Saves on burning gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesa Posted October 14, 2023 Report Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 7/21/2022 at 12:48 AM, Pioneer1 said: Troy, it's funny how earlier this morning I was expressing my distrust of many online pay methods.....just a few minutes after I made my post THIS brutha (Rizza Islam) discussed a new Black owned online payment method that was getting ready to be launched. He briefly mentions it in this interview: The more there are, the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer1 Posted October 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2023 Like E-40 said, "the more scrilla the merrier".....lol. But it would be nice if "Black Twitter" was an actual real institution that we could participate on. Since Musk changed the name to "X"...perhaps this is an opportunity to establish a REAL "Black Twitter" without confusion and concerns about copyright violations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted October 16, 2023 Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 Twitter or X locked me out of my account a couple of weeks ago. I have not been able to access it since. I can't even look at my own twitter page. I've asked them to fix it several times, but I guess they are too understaffed to deal with me. I have now given up. Twitter and it’s so called "Black Twitter" are dead to me. It is only a matter of time before the platforms completely implodes. I predicted this a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 On 10/15/2023 at 9:02 AM, Pioneer1 said: But it would be nice if "Black Twitter" was an actual real institution that we could participate on. No shortage of Black brain power to make happen. Unfortunately, Black people have been conditioned to wait on someone else to do it and/or enjoy the white folks' ice. Look no further than this forum and the limited participation here. Brotha @Troy has built a great space here. Gotd8mn Black cattle won't come and graze or stick around for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 Thanks @Pioneer1 Years ago I attended a conference hosted by Black Enterprise who was touting the benefits of Twitter for Black Entrepreneurs. Being an entrepreneur I asked one of the panelists (not an entrepreneur) how can a platform we don’t own actually benefit Black people? The Brother who has subsequently risen to a senior position within Black Enterprise said he “rejected” my premise then went on to explain the benefits of Twitter. The brother did not get it. I would have explained if he asked, I saw Twitter, social media in general, as a threat to anyone running a content site on the web. Twitter was the sponsor so I understood the response. what I did not see was social’s exploitation of people’s narcissism, the need to gain and keep our attention at all costs — even too the point of hacking into our brains. twitter’s demise was delayed by President Trumps activity. Elon musk’s activity was the nail in the coffin. X well almost certainly never be profitable. Good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Troy said: Being an entrepreneur I asked one of the panelists (not an entrepreneur) how can a platform we don’t own actually benefit Black people? The Brother who has subsequently risen to a senior position within Black Enterprise said he “rejected” my premise then went on to explain the benefits of Twitter. Black people are selected to be in spaces and high places by their paymasters to herd other Black folks. Of course, that *brother* could not answer your question honestly in that moment. If/when he's no longer receiving a paycheck...he might be willing to spill the tea. There's a whole lot of Black folks willing to enrich themselves in going along with the program of maintaining anti-Black positions and conditions i.e. the system of racism white supremacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 Well, the reality is that today most people, certainly those under 40, tell me that AALBC HAS to be on social media. So the Brother may have actually believed what he was telling me. TicTok is often cited as one of those platforms. I tried TikTok for a couple of months hot minute and the number of views my videos got was decent, but the problem still remains. TikTok's goal is to boost engagement on their platform and that is how success is measured. I measure success by how many people come to AALBC.com as a result of my activities on the platform. TikTok did not result move the needle when it came to new visitors. Maybe I did not give it enough time, maybe I did not do it correctly... I dunno. I trying to figure all that out for the website I have no time trying to figure that out on TicTok. The reality is that I will get 10K people to open an email this week -- many more will visit this discussion forum alone through organic search. By any measure that is excellent, but no one cares unless it is happening on a social platform. If a few celebrities decided to post here from time to time I can't even imagine what it would do for the website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 13 hours ago, Troy said: Well, the reality is that today most people, certainly those under 40, tell me that AALBC HAS to be on social media. Most people like to hang out in popular spaces whether in the real world or virtual. Same goes for consumption of things whether it's music, books, movies, clothes, shoes, cars, etc. It's has little or nothing to do with quality of content moreso than mental accessibility. Again, many people like to be in the crowd. Anything that requires a deeper dive or heavier lift mentally will be an acquired taste from an engagement or participation perspective. However, make content simple and plain or crass and vulgar; folks will eat it up like McDonald's food. Cheap entertainment. Brotha @Troy, stay the course. I know you've been rocking AALBC for a long minute now. The site will grow as it's meant to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 3 hours ago, ProfD said: Most people like to hang out in popular spaces whether in the real world or virtual. This is true and something that is well known and used by business owners. Clubs maintain lines outside, unnecessarily, to creative this illusion -- this counterintuitively increases demand. Maybe I need to figure out a ways to show popularity to drive demand. I just recently started adding my newsletter subscriber count to the end of my newsletters. But then you have to contend with the other man's colder ice conundrum 3 hours ago, ProfD said: Anything that requires a deeper dive or heavier lift mentally will be an acquired taste from an engagement or participation perspective. Yeah, as the culture continues to drive people toward our baser nature this will become increasingly true. The New York Times success with their paywall (which I subscribe) is promising, as it demonstrated there is stil demand for content that requires a deeper dive -- which is costly to produce. 3 hours ago, ProfD said: Brotha @Troy, stay the course. I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesa Posted October 29, 2023 Report Share Posted October 29, 2023 On 10/18/2023 at 3:11 PM, ProfD said: Most people like to hang out in popular spaces whether in the real world or virtual. Same goes for consumption of things whether it's music, books, movies, clothes, shoes, cars, etc. It's has little or nothing to do with quality of content moreso than mental accessibility. Again, many people like to be in the crowd. Anything that requires a deeper dive or heavier lift mentally will be an acquired taste from an engagement or participation perspective. However, make content simple and plain or crass and vulgar; folks will eat it up like McDonald's food. Cheap entertainment. Brotha @Troy, stay the course. I know you've been rocking AALBC for a long minute now. The site will grow as it's meant to happen. Competition in online payments is driving innovation and the creation of new methods for the convenience of users. The emergence of new payment systems may provide users with additional options for conducting transactions and managing their finances. I recently read about google pay, I found https://casinosanalyzer.com/online-casinos/google-pay for this. I think everyone is already tired of this. Although there will be people who will disagree with me. Of course it is. You are saying the right things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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