Whilst the founder has credibility in this space, I don't see what the problem is they are solving. There are many communities all across the internet, and also in centralised places like Facebook & reddit. Forums still remain hugely popular for niche community operators. The only way social is going to work and be improved going forward is through decentralisation and taking our data out of the hands of a central re…
I don’t understand the decentralized part of your comment. There’s a reason Facebook and perhaps AOL before it was successful - it’s easy and everyone is there. I’m a huge privacy advocate but the decentralized Facebook alternatives are a little wonky for most to get their heads around. Jane Average user could care less about blockchain hosted personal data. In most cases Jane just wants Facebook and is a little worr…
Agreed, but judging from the last few weeks, Jane Average apparently does care:
- they have control over their data
- can see the stuff they want
- and can have good blocking tools
Which all require decentralisation (in latter case because open APIs hurt monopolies).
End users don't care about data structures in any system, centralised or not.