my mom is also on facebook and it takes time. but once they are on, they are adjusted to dick -- just as addictive as we are. >> once people doing, it makes a difference. my mom and 2003 was like, andrew, i want to learn the computer. i just said to her, mom, i did not mean to be mean that there are certain people that are just meant for the computer and certain paper are not. you're one of those people who are not. and now, on her own initiative, she is writing on my facebook what about how much she loves me and i miam like -- she is very spiritual, my mom very cheap teaches classes on spirituality on live web cast. she is using everything. being a kid with it. show some of the examples we had today. >> phyllis like most of our questions are coming in online. -- it looks like most of our questions are coming in online. >> the birthday girl's name is misspelled. kristen, happy birthday. >> they look like a waterfall of questions coming down as they were responding very him was like we have some great questioning going on. let me g

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why would i follow you you on facebook? e a discount or a contest, but beyond that, there is nothing else left. >> that's exactly why it's the least asked question. hy would you want to followcc1: your yogurt. brands see facebook as another chan toll reach consumers and they are neglecting to think about why a consumer would want to follow and more importantly, why they would want to stay connected overtime. i have seen the pay off. next the number at the cash register. the relationship ends. >> that assumes that you are getting the pay off. >> assuming i have been motivated to like my yogurt. facebook or twitter. it's a fast relationship. it's not going to be something. >> here's the thing. we have to create community. how do you have a kmund over a fast relationship. yogurt is in or out? >> first time that phrase has has been said. >> a portion or a reason to build a community. that was the first take. got to build the community and maybe this is what we were talking about. if it was another topic, it might be there. >> a

>> pretty simply it means that if you looking at a vista of your friends on facebook, there is now a simple click to have a video chat with them using the skype software that you used to have to leave facebook to use. now, you can do a skype video chat or call without leaving facebook. this is big for facebook. this is not so revolutionary for the users. >> are these the kind people that actually want to have video chat and video conferences? i thought that was more of a work scenario. >> with any audience, this kind of a video chat behavior is for the minority of your interactions because if you are in a certain place, once you introduce visual and audio cues, you have to have a controlled environment. i cannot have a video chat with you while i'm on the bus. this is by definition a rich interface for a minority of your communications. nonetheless, they spoke with like this to happen within facebook and not have you leave facebook and have you use your skype program. >> one thing that seems to be clear is that the business side, this comes in the same week that google has announced i

>> pretty simply it means that if you looking at a vista of your friends on facebook, there is now a simple click to have a video chat with them using the skype software that you used to have to leave facebook to use. now, you can do a skype video chat or call without leaving facebook. this is big for facebook. this is not so revolutionary for the users. >> are these the kind people that actually want to have video chat and video conferences? i thought that was more of a work scenario. >> with any audience, this kind of a video chat behavior is for the minority of your interactions because if you are in a certain place, once you introduce visual and audio cues, you have to have a controlled environment. i cannot have a video chat with you while i'm on the bus. this is by definition a rich interface for a minority of your communications. nonetheless, they spoke with like this to happen within facebook and not have you leave facebook and have you use your skype program. >> one thing that seems to be clear is that the business side, this comes in the same week that google has announced i

apparently skype is going to be easier to use in facebook than skype is on its own. >> correct. and i would tell you that skype in facebook is just one element. it's getting complicated now for all of us. >> i'm intimidated. >> take it slow. set clear limits. understand the technology. i mean, technology is moving so quickly here in the bay area and in silicon valley. but that doesn't mean it's necessarily good for your kids. and you need to be very careful. and that's what i would urge people to do. common sense.org lays this all out. you can go there and find out tech tips but ultimately as a parent you have to use your own common sense and you have to set clear limits and all we're going to see is more of this. but the one thing i would remind you is, don't let your kids sit on it for hours a day. as jim bernard just told us, we are going to have a beautiful, beautiful weekend. your kids should not be inside on their facebook account for five hours all day sharing pictures with people! get out and enjoy the nice weather that jim promised us this weekend. >> jim stier from comm

who is on facebook? who is on twittered? anybody on youtube? if you did not raise your hands, i would recommend doing it. you are all the sudden famous in this weird way. time magazine made the person of the year you, meaning all of you. we are the ones recreating our world. we have that chance. you're not in this isolated world with in your school and community. you get on the internet and put something up, and one can see it. that is the difference between now and the 1990's. that is totally different and exciting. it means we can make things better contagious. sometimes they will not be contagious, sometimes they are. i used to be a comedian. i put up three videos. i could not believe that some many people watch them. we're living in a different age. we'll talk more about that. there is so much good we can do. you guys come up with ideas and work with other people to come up with ideas on how that can work. >> i would echo a lot of what he was saying. we're talking about how social media technology foster civic engagement. it is redefining h

you can get on the president's facebook page, you can get on the white house facebook page, each of your local elected officials, if you have issues your own community where there's pot holes in your road or there's crime in your neighborhood, you have immediate access to people in power who can do something about it through social media. you can create a facebook group and get hundreds of your friends to join it for an issue and people will pay attention. you have no lack of access or power, for the first time in history, in the entire history of the world young people have a voice. they have a seat at the table, they have a way of gaining access to people in power and to government agencies and to their local elected officials and to companies that make decisions that impact millions of lives. but with that access and with that power that's never existed before there's also a great responsibility. so i think that social media that was invented by your generation is going to change the world if your generation leverages it in the right way. >> that was anunsome spiderman reference, by t

who is on facebook? who is on twittered? anybody on youtube? if you did not raise your hands, i would recommend doing it. you are all the sudden famous in this weird way. time magazine made the person of the year you, meaning all of you. we are the ones recreating our world. we have that chance. you're not in this isolated world with in your school and community. you get on t internet and put something up, and one can see it. that is the difference between now and the 1990's. that is totally different and exciting. it means we can make things better contagious. sometimes they will not be contagious, sometimes they are. i used to be a comedian. i put up three videos. i could not believe that some many people watch them. we're living in a different age. we'll talk more about that. there is so much good we can do. you guys come up with ideas and work with other people to come up with ideas on how that can work. >> i would echo a lot of what he was saying. we're talking about how social media technology foster civic engagement. it is redefining how

he posted these photos on facebook and called it "fort frostbite." manning's facebook page, to which frontline obtained access, tracks his life in the military. manning had become an analyst at a time of increased intelligence sharing, part of a series of post-9/11 reforms meant to give analysts like manning more data. prior to 9/11, information was more compartmentalized, or "stovepiped." >> "stovepipe" is a corridor, you know, where no one can get into it. there were cia stovepipes, there were fbi stovepipes, there were dod stovepipes. >> so there was an effort made, in the wake of 9/11, to integrate information-- share it, integrate and pass it around in real time with the proper use of our modern technologies. >> smith: manning was assigned to battalion headquarters. he did intelligence work for the unit's commanding officers in preparation for their deployment to iraq. manning liked his assignment. >> he talked about the fact that he was smart. it was able to get him in a different position, doing something different so he wasn't down there with

on with the jury? many of you have been saying that and let's look at facebook responses. following the word casey anthony was not guilty of killing her 3-year-old daughter caylee one thing that came out was a national call to leave your porch lights on overnight and remember the life of casey anthony. that's what we have many photographs up this morning. but one person sarah says unbelievable. that's the response to the death or the not guilty verdict coming out here in florida court. many of you leaving your lights on taking photographs on facebook and many of you saying what did this jury see that we didn't? that's been the response many of you having. so, as we go back into the newsroom or the studio rather, megan, that's what a lot of people are talking about. but many talk about the porch light call across the country. >> absolutely. we want to show you some of the pictures. people started to turn their porch lights on last night and left them on overnight as a facebook fan page started. it's a call for all to leave their porch lights onto honor the life of caylee ant

many many of you on facebook have been letting us know on the facebook page the effort to leave the porch light on honor the life of the young girl. >> if you about to gsh -- if you go to the facebook page on wm-ar you can see pictures and reading comments. but people are leaving the porch light on for caylee anthony. so check it out. we have a programming note. tonight, abc will air a one- hour special the case anthony saga beginning at 10:00. that special will replace the regular scheduled nighttime prime time beyond belief. so as always, stay with abc2 news because the 11:00 news continues after that special. >> on facebook we are asking you you've had a night to sleep on this and consider that verdict. are you just as angry as you were originally? shocked would be the word many people would apply. or have you come to a level of peace or acceptance about the jury's decision. >> i think people have new reactions especially thursday because there's speculation she has done enough time served. >> when you consider the four counts which she was found guilty that care yeas one-year sentence

the preference is saying -- in this case i said i want to hear from these people on facebook says yes but you're not beating as if you did is we are not going to show it to you and this is one of the interesting power struggles or in this kind of media netflix those the same thing now it used to be about expressed preferences and clicking on the five stars and netflix will know i like these movies and what they found was that that didn't work that well because people gave schindler's list five stars. how could you not? it is a great movie and now that they have the streaming on netflix they can say yes we watched five minutes of that but then you click over to fast and furious that's what you prefer and a way this gets me back to the of what is the preference and should you trust me when i say that i prefer something more my behavior, do you want even though people don't believe in the way that they say that they will but there's a lot of value in taking them at their word and giving them that kind of agency debt just as a general principle you want people to make decisions about what

and a half million people so far have joined the group on facebook. the lights were turned on at 9:00 last night and they are said to be kept on until 6 tomorrow morning. the creator of the group says that it's one night for each year of caylee's life. and the story is causing so much emotion with so many of you and a lot of you are speaking out. especially on facebook this morning. charley is over at our interactive news center checking out what you are saying. what are people saying? >> they are saying so much about this. we have asked you out there throughout the night to weigh in on this topic. and so much response has been throughout the facebook page we reasked the question about 15 minute ago and already many of you are responding this morning. marlow says the justice system doesn't care about our kids. this is not the first time the state florida messed up on a vote. tracy says just as shocked and disgusted as i was when i heard about this. and thursday, in all likelihood case anthony will walk free. that's according to tracy this morning. meli

it on our facebook page with the lights this effort has been a facebook movement. case -- they say it's to keep your porch lights on until 6 this morning and they have been on for two days. one day for each year of caylee's life. >>> news time 4:36. an update closer to home about the missing boater in the magothy river. the bodys james kane was pulled from the river yesterday morning. the boat he was riding in made a sharp turn and he was thrown from the brought. >>> friends and family gather to remember the mother and #- year-old daughter killed in a towson apartment last week. alicia avery and her 4-year-old daughter were found in the a.m. apartment. she was pregnant with twins at the time of her death. mrs. arrested her boyfriend and right now he is -- police arrested her boyfriend and right now is charged with murder. funeral services will be today at the st. abram baptist church in baltimore. the service begins at 11 this morning. >>> several fires set in baltimore county last weekend are blamed on arsonist. police want your help to find the suspect. the first

but is also possible from facebook's point of view if you want to see what someone is doing without interacting that you are spawning onhem and facebook isn't in the business of showing you what other people are doing if you're not having a kind of real connection? >> guest: welcome to know, it gets to the question of revealed verses expressed preference. so, this is the should i trust what you say you want or what your behavior indicates that you want -- >> host: the line of serving you and -- >> guest: in this case i said i want to hear from these people and facebook said yes but you are not behaving as if you did so we are not going to show that to you and this is one of the interesting sort of power struggles in the kind of media. netflix does the same kind of thing now where it used to be all about expressed preferences. it used to be clicking on five stars and therefore they will know that i like these kind of movies but what they found was it didn't work that well because people gave schindler's list five stars ethan -- how could you not? it's a great movie about the holocaust -- and so, now that they have the s

they are blogging, posting on facebook, asking anyone who knows of the story to contact lawmakers to keep the u.s. coast guard on the search and to pressure the mexican navy to continue looking for seven friends who are lost at sea. the reason being is that the family believes that in 80-degree waters of the sea of cortez, the fishermen can survive and that there are hundreds of uninhabited islands and sand bars that they could have drifted to. they also cite the fact that many people have been found after shipwrecks as long as seven days after those ships have gone down. right now the family is trying to make sure that the search continues past that 96-hour mark. they are hoping for divers to go down into the wreckage to confirm that those seven missing fishermen are not down below. we have team coverage with nbc and our report from san felipe. first back to jessica and marla. >>> we are having twroubl that live shot -- trouble with that live shot. >>> at this hour, san francisco senator leland yee is talking about the mexican government and pressuring them to continue looking for th

now, i'm taking linkedin, as well as competitors such as branchout on facebook, more seriously. in fact, if you're in college right now and you haven't established a profile on a business and career focused social network, i'd say you are dangerously behind the curve. that goes double if you're e, whether employed full-time, a freelance or temp worker, an independent consultant, a self- employed business owner, or any combination of these. with our nation struggling with unemployment and small business being pressed to pick up more of the slack in hiring, to thrive requires more than being ready, willing and able to chase down opportunities. more than ever, it's critical that you make it easy for opportunities, as represented by recruiters, employers and potential customers and clients, to find you. showcasing your skills, accomplishments and expertise via social media platforms like linkedin is no longer for career emergencies only. i'm alfred edmond, jr. >> tom: speaking of social media, we use it too! you can follow us on twitter, @bizrpt, or my personal feed, @hudsonnbr. if t

she posted this on facebook, free of charge. this is her quote. the america i know and love is not one in which my parents or baby with down syndrome has to stand in front of a death panel. catity, unbelievable. >> it taps into a general suspicion about the health care bill and the role of big government. she used facebook but she was expressing a public sentiment. >> and she had a quotable quote, the death panel thing. that was not just something -- that was something that was calculated, a strong quote, something that would bang in there right away. >> if you tweet it or on your facebook -- chris: how does facebook pick up a news item or something on this program? >> there it is. we have people who look at everybody's facebook page or follow people who tweet. and a politician now can say, we just passed this fabulous bill, isn't that great. or i just voted for this because i care about you. they don't have to have an interview with us. within seconds -- chris: if you miss a news program, you say, go to -- you say i want to see it again, there it

some viewers on facebook said he looks like mr. penanut. >> on the amount he does not look that big. >> welcome to those of you in attendance, per the millions of you watching at home and the millions more watching from inside of brian's beard. [laughing] >> some pictures have goatees, brian wilson has an entire go to. [laughter] >> looks like your beard is wearing a fake beard. [laughter] >> we are paid to comment on things. believe me, i did all week in the morning and worry about brian wilson is wearing. pepper >> use in women's sports do not have a huge volunteers. she >> then i come back >> i guess. our in your circle friends,? >> develoit would help if you d some celebritiesstars. whipple >> some people do that. >> i do not ever remember sitting at a sporting of that thinking, and looked at her sweat. hawks >> how of the big save on twitter is married me hope. there is some big industrialists, stephan five- star. he is a capitalist, he is on the bandwagon. i bet you on sunday we will see a ton more of these marry me hold signs

it is trying to take on facebook as well. who is winning that battle? >> it depends how you measure it. on sheer numbers, no one touches facebook. during today's awesome announcement, which was not all that awesome, they mentioned they have 750 million users. last time we checked, they said 500 million and the media went nuts. it is a big number. you have google trying to come from behind. they have 240 million users of gmail. even if they can convert all of those to use the new google plus, they would still be trailing dramatically. on sheer numbers, google has catching up to do. >> one company we have not mentioned is microsoft. is microsoft the secret winner in all of this? >> it depends how they handle skype. that acquisition by microsoft is still pending, still under review. we expect it will go through, but it will take time. only then will we know what microsoft will do to improve or screw up skype. they could go either way. the history on this is 50/50. until we know what microsoft will do with skype and how they might integrate with facebook, it

know to round out the week you the viewer are first comments night comes from jack on his ground on facebook in response to our story on wiretaps having nearly doubled under obama the nobel peace prize gives you the secret power to spy on whatever the hell you want and you know that i didn't know that apparently gives you the power to start a bunch of wars too but that's not so secret of power from our conversation with john cards from americans for tax reform yesterday buffalo new york u.s. news tweeted very loudly in all caps i might add signaling to russia t.v.'s increase a move to the right now even adam coco's is featuring one of grover norquist c. suckers if i recall there was no oral sex included in the interview but it did also problems a post on facebook from him lee mcclintock research fellow at the cato institute writes. just watch your interview with tom dart from a to b r and i'm so glad i found your show you actually understand economics and you're right i actually do and you can thank the bush bails for that seriously that's what i understand of economic crystalize into what p

zynga is the maker of "farmville", "cityville," and all the most popular games on facebook. it's expected to file for an initial public offering any day now. darren gersh looks at the real buzz behind this virtual cash machine. >> reporter: cityville is the place where facebook fans build a dream city, help their friends build cities, and then share each other's virtual worlds. social gaming giant zynga launched "cityville" last november. by january, the number of users hit 100 million. >> there has undoubtedly never been another media property in the history of the world that grew that fast. >> reporter: that's wedbush securities' lou kerner. for years, serious gamers have been paying real money to buy virtual products like a better sword for their online avatar. kerner says what zynga did is take a small market for virtual products and make it a mass market. 275 million people play a zynga game every month, and millions of them pay real cash to buy the fake cash they need to play a game. kerner expects the market for virtual products will hit $10 billion in just a few years

you can do that on facebook, your web site. learning how to use your network to promote the thing that you care about, what to write about, is a huge scale that the internet will allow you to do. >> my name is claudia. i worked for pat. my question is for everyone on the panel. -- i work for patch. noting the lack of hispanics on the panel, how do newsrooms address in-language content and sourcing? try to get people in the community, the poor and marginalized, to interact with digital journalism? >> and journalists need to know more than one language, it is that simple. you need to be able to interact with members of your community that you normally would not be able to if you were restricted by language. that is what i tell my students. i always tell them to minor in spanish, not just because it will make them better reporters, but it will get them jobs in a wider variety of markets. so i do believe that is incredibly important. if you do not speak the language, you find somebody who does. you have them help you. if you were t

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are available on facebook, a number of friends can chat at the same time. this is coming out in the wake of google launching an application called hang out. that announcement prompted today's announcement. here is what zuckerberg had to say about the partnership and how easy it is. >> i can call, i can go to peter's profile and even if he hasn't instilled installed the plug in, i can click call him and something will pop up on his screen and he in realtime he want to download the plug-in and we are video chatting. >> he said it was going to be awesome. he says in addition to the partnership with skype, he is announcing that there is a lot of new stuff coming down the pike and new software, like a music partnership. i had to leave a little earlier. david louie is in there right now. he was blogging throughout the announcement. he'll have much more for you tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. live in palo alto, terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >> another social networking monster, president obama is answering questions in the first ever twitter townhall. he is answe

so to go to facebook like for a minute. like is such a one- such a -- there are particular things that people are easy to like, there are particularly things that are harder to like. the things that are easy to like, move across facebook more rapidly, things that are harder to like, there's no inherent reason to say there's also an important buttton. and in a way this is, you know, how do we -- we've learned so much on the tagging kind of world about all the different ways you can sort money. but it hasn't applied to -- >> host: to the social media, rye onically. >> guest: i mean, this comes up on facebook in the terms of facebook doesn't know who actually i'm friends with, who is my family, you know? the it would presumably be a better service if you could figure out a way to do that that was inon truce i. inobtrusive. partly, i think, there are -- you can get a big with gain by just sort of doing this first step and getting to, ah, you're male. we're going to show you more stuff about gadgets. but to get to the place where it's actually goo

this comes from shelley on facebook. em with a felony, as it has been proposed, borders on stupidity. >> the judge gets paid, lawyers get paid, the court staff get paid. why should the jurors who get nothing be allowed not to get paid? it's hard to serve on a jury for the ridiculous money. freedom of speech. does that ring a bell? very interesting comments. i think the issue comes down to would the potential payoff motivate you to behave differently during your deliberations? the more dramatic trial the more audience for whatever book or interview you do later you might go in with a little bias. >>> top stories are up after the break. ♪ something unexpected to the world of multigrain... taste. ♪ delicious pringles multigrain. ♪ with a variety of flavors. multigrain pops with pringles. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhe

the website is hosting an event that is to be streamed live on facebook. it could be a video chat powered by skype, which would have implications for its owner, microsoft. zuckerberg only say that it will be "something awesome." a veteran of the three wars when skydiving for his 90th birthday, and to impress his beloved wife. >> getting suited up for a mission is familiar territory for this capt.. he has done everything from dive bombers to fighter jets, so being in the air is second nature, except for one thing. >> i have been flying since 1940. very close during the war couple of times, very little damage by anti-aircraft fire. i never had to jump at or reject -- jup out -- ju8mp out or eject. >> a decision that put him in the doghouse with disfavor co- pilot, his wife -- his favorite the co-pilot, his wife. >> glad to get her out of the house. she is pretty much house-bound at the last couple of years. i would do anything for her, jump out of an airplane, to get her out of the house. >> the woman he still calls the prettiest girl in town has a for wrote

are available on facebook, a number of friends can chat at the same time. this is coming out in the wake of google launching an application called hang out. that announcement prompted today's announcement. here is what zuckerberg had to say about the partnership and how easy it is. >> i can call, i can go to peter's profile and even if he hasn't instilled installed the plug in, i can click call him and something will pop up on his screen and he in realtime he want to download the plug-in and we are video chatting. >> he said it was going to be awesome. he says in addition to the partnership with skype, he is announcing that there is a lot of new stuff coming down the pike and new software, like a music partnership. i had to leave a little earlier. david louie is in there right now. he was blogging throughout the announcement. he'll have much more for you tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. live in palo alto, terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >> another social networking monster, president obama is answering questions in the first ever twitter townhall. he is answe

on. facebook, twitter, have captured the imagination. a group of them will move to take over the leadership in this country i think within the decade. >> there is a growing political consciousness in malaysia but this not egypt are -- or tunisia. there is demand for ordinary people to have a say and that is the challenge facing the established order. >> bangladesh and india are due to hold their first census. they will focus on a string of enclaves that belong to one country but lies inside of another. >> imagine a situation like this, you are living in a village but york village is not exactly excited your country but the neighboring country. tens of thousands of people on the border have been living in these enclaves cut off from their respective countries. there are about 100 indian enclaves and about 50 which belong to bangladesh situated inside of india. now, the two countries are talking about exchanging these printed the people who live there, they go through an enormous hardships. they have no access to health care and education.

know what you think should prison inmates be allowed to replace public sector employees on to us on facebook twitter and you tube and knows your response just might make it on air. the sky. the light will come to. some asked you why are these singing. ladies and gentlemen tonight we have a glimmer of hope for you see it appears as if the u.s. has finally become outraged over an issue that's been quite contentious around the rest of the world sure google street view option is fun to look at when you're trying to find a new location but countries across the world been speaking out over the methods of the internet giant utilized to obtain those images see back in two thousand and ten it was discovered that the street view cars were obtaining the images were also obtaining data of individuals through their wife my networks now several countries like the u.k. have already given google a slap on the wrist but after a group of people here in the u.s. created a combined lawsuit against the google or federal judge has now sided with the plaintiffs the decision by the silicon valley judge says that th

for the latest traffic and news updates, find us on facebook. t's all right >>> 8:30 now on this wednesday morning, july 20th, 2011. our friends out on the plaza are jamming to the song "bright lights and bigger city" by this friday's summer concert star, the one and only cee lo green, you guys. >> it's going to be hot. we're also talking about this weekend, we're going to show you how to get a little bit of a korean twist courtesy of mr. mark fisher. >> okay. that sounds like a lot of fun. >> last time he was here. >> by "we," you mean you. >> that avocado popsicle. >> absolutely. he's recovered. >> what else is coming up? >>> you want to go out, we're going to have the new restaurant etiquette. top-ten tips including who pays? who opens the door? we'll get you all ready to go out for dinner. >>> okay. but first let's bring in ryan gosling and emma stone. they are in this new movie that is so great called "crazy stupid love." good morning, both of you. >> hi, guys. >> great to have you. welcome, welcome. well, bottom line is, ryan, you play this

the finger if facebook is is it's not really any kind of you know pairing technology when you go on facebook you know trusting facebook you put your data into facebook which they don't necessarily use you know in a totally good fashion big coin if you think about it is actually you are a willing participant in this network with the current financial system if i don't want to use the banks or i don't want to use for my money into fee up money i have no choice if if i want to do business in the world but something like a big coin the whole concept is is that now i have my money on my computer and i can choose who i want to trust. that's a really powerful thing and you mentioned facebook wall facebook is a private company big coin is not owned by anybody the infrastructure is owned by the participants in the entire network right ok and they were the actual workings of big cawing there's for those who are not familiar there's two sides to it they're the people who are purchasing the coins to be used in this economy and then there are the people who actually create the coins and the people who pu