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I guess they care how much they currently care. I don't see why that's relevant when talking about the benefits of decentralization. "People are too stupid/nai

I guess they care how much they currently care. I don't see why that's relevant when talking about the benefits of decentralization. "People are too stupid/naive so let's not make anything better for anyone" is essentially what I'm hearing.

acdha 5y ago
It’s relevant because it’s not “people are too stupid/naive” but rather that most people have different priorities. If you want people to use a new system, you need to have it do something they care about better than the status quo. That’s why I suggested learning from history: the reasons why people moved from personal sites to Facebook/Twitter/etc. are important for anyone trying to get them back.
- hunterb123 5y ago
  No I don't think it's about personal sites at all and I wouldn't rely on the limited history of the internet but you'd see decentralized services have flourished until powers at be shut them down or gobbled them up. To those with different priorities than what I listed (privacy, ownership) they usually care about usability, and decentralized platforms can be just as usable and popular. I think all the hate is from the powers at be being threatened by Web3 and the power/control it gives users. If they can't shut it down or gobble it up, they'll run hate campaigns and convince smart people to hate it for them. Noone is hating on Web2 monopoly tech as much as this, let's just love all of the internet. Ask yourself, why are you rooting against this thing? But the really really cool thing about Web3 is, it doesn't matter what the haters say, it's here to stay and IS the future because it can't be stopped. - edit - > I'm rooting against scammers using something I do care about as a sales tactic for something which has failed to find market demand. A moral crusade then. Maybe tackle scamming on Web2 first?
  - acdha 5y ago
    > Ask yourself, why are you rooting against this thing? I'm rooting against scammers using something I do care about as a sales tactic for something which has failed to find market demand.
    - hunterb123 5y ago
      Root against scammers on web[0-9], don't root against the tech.

acdha 5y ago

It’s relevant because it’s not “people are too stupid/naive” but rather that most people have different priorities. If you want people to use a new system, you need to have it do something they care about better than the status quo. That’s why I suggested learning from history: the reasons why people moved from personal sites to Facebook/Twitter/etc. are important for anyone trying to get them back.

hunterb123 5y ago
No I don't think it's about personal sites at all and I wouldn't rely on the limited history of the internet but you'd see decentralized services have flourished until powers at be shut them down or gobbled them up. To those with different priorities than what I listed (privacy, ownership) they usually care about usability, and decentralized platforms can be just as usable and popular. I think all the hate is from the powers at be being threatened by Web3 and the power/control it gives users. If they can't shut it down or gobble it up, they'll run hate campaigns and convince smart people to hate it for them. Noone is hating on Web2 monopoly tech as much as this, let's just love all of the internet. Ask yourself, why are you rooting against this thing? But the really really cool thing about Web3 is, it doesn't matter what the haters say, it's here to stay and IS the future because it can't be stopped. - edit - > I'm rooting against scammers using something I do care about as a sales tactic for something which has failed to find market demand. A moral crusade then. Maybe tackle scamming on Web2 first?
- acdha 5y ago
  > Ask yourself, why are you rooting against this thing? I'm rooting against scammers using something I do care about as a sales tactic for something which has failed to find market demand.
  - hunterb123 5y ago
    Root against scammers on web[0-9], don't root against the tech.