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Started reading last night. No technical expert but I came of age after the widespread use of the Internet. Many people, my age and older, can care a less about
by kermittd 9y ago
Started reading last night. No technical expert but I came of age after the widespread use of the Internet. Many people, my age and older, can care a less about the philosophy of decentralized platforms.
However could you combine usability of centralized platforms with a decentralized platform focus on privacy, lack of ads, etc?
(of course how to pay for it...)
- indigochill 9y agoRegarding payment, I think you must take payment from your users (my recommendation would be donations, like Wikipedia). This is because an organization's primary objective is self-preservation, and that means aligning priorities with income sources (or when you're designing the organization, aligning your business model with your priorities). As we've seen with journalism, journalism's reliance on advertising leads to journalism designed primarily to attract viewers for advertisers rather than to serve the public interest (although good journalism does still happen because some journalists care about that despite their organization's priorities).
- kermittd 9y agoWikipedia is a great example of a free decentralized product. I suppose a way without having to ask for donations is one I would be interested in though I suspect there are " whales" who make up the bulk. I think the issue with Wikipedia, though it has been able to scale to reach the world, is that it seem to lack the power to change how info is distributed and consumed in the spirit of Google and Facebook outside its digital border.