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I use a few platforms, including airbnb, when I look for accomodation. What makes airbnb better? The only different thing I noticed is that they validate my ID.
by basejumping 8y ago
I use a few platforms, including airbnb, when I look for accomodation. What makes airbnb better? The only different thing I noticed is that they validate my ID.
- jMyles 8y agoOf course the obvious answer is network effect, but I guess you're saying that's negligible here? I think I agree. I also think that a decentralized version, which can more easily avoid censorship, will deliver more value.
- oblio 8y agoIs there a decentralized anything that has been successful outside of email?
- maym86 8y agoGenerally not unless there is an actual need for the decentralization. Otherwise it's easier and more profitable to build a centralized platform. BitTorrent is a decentralized success because there is an actual requirement that it is decentralized.
- dsr_ 8y agoDNS, although the individual registries are each centralized.
- phamilton 8y agoThe great Dyn attack of 2016 would disagree with you in practice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Dyn_cyberattack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Dyn_cyberattack
- randomsearch 8y agoBitTorrent Bitcoin
- diN0bot 8y agocouch surfing
- diN0bot 8y agooops i guess not in terms of having a website. but it _feels_ totally different— like a distributed community— than all these top down financially motivated “sharing” economies.
- dazc 8y agoVery easy to provide fake ID actually.