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There’s no point in decentralizing social media. Hardly anyone would use it. The whole point of why social media is so popular is people want attention. In la

There’s no point in decentralizing social media. Hardly anyone would use it. The whole point of why social media is so popular is people want attention. In large numbers. Likes, follows, comments. That’s for example, why it will be hard to dethrone services like Instagram or YouTube. The only way they fall is if someone swallows up all the attention. (Eg: tiktok) Decentralization is a Pipe dream that goes against natural human behavior and instinct.

INTPenis 6y ago
I think you can decentralize certain demographics, the same demos that were frequently socially active online for long before big social media came along.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  But those demos are already somewhat decentralized, and engage with centralized social media to largely to engage outside of their demo, getting back to the original objection.
  - INTPenis 6y ago
    Yes but what I mean is that there will be two groups of people online. Those who seek out specialized fora outside of big social media just like they would have in 2005. Some were active then, others are too young to have been. The other group will simply go for the easiest choice, big social media, and use that. We had the easy choice and the hard choice back in the 90s too. Internet usually came with some provider, in Sweden it was Spray and in the US it was AOL. You could get online and just go through their network to find anything you wanted, news, message boards, chat. I was a young teenager and didn't even look twice at what Spray offered here in Sweden. I was curious, I looked further, deeper for more specialized places. People haven't changed. Many of us will still do that and end up on decentralized platforms. But at the same time we have a ton more netizens today than we did 20 years ago so the large majority will most likely just go with the easiest option.

INTPenis 6y ago

I think you can decentralize certain demographics, the same demos that were frequently socially active online for long before big social media came along.

dragonwriter 6y ago
But those demos are already somewhat decentralized, and engage with centralized social media to largely to engage outside of their demo, getting back to the original objection.
- INTPenis 6y ago
  Yes but what I mean is that there will be two groups of people online. Those who seek out specialized fora outside of big social media just like they would have in 2005. Some were active then, others are too young to have been. The other group will simply go for the easiest choice, big social media, and use that. We had the easy choice and the hard choice back in the 90s too. Internet usually came with some provider, in Sweden it was Spray and in the US it was AOL. You could get online and just go through their network to find anything you wanted, news, message boards, chat. I was a young teenager and didn't even look twice at what Spray offered here in Sweden. I was curious, I looked further, deeper for more specialized places. People haven't changed. Many of us will still do that and end up on decentralized platforms. But at the same time we have a ton more netizens today than we did 20 years ago so the large majority will most likely just go with the easiest option.