The Next Great Social Network: Technical Aspects of the Solution

The discussion from here is going to get somewhat technical but I will do my best to cut through the nerk talk and get to the point. Based on our discussion in Part I, we know that there have been a long history of failed social platforms — many of which have tried to solve certain aspects of this problem. Core components that need to be understood well are notions of Identity Management, Anonymity, Security & some good old CAP theory!