> What problem, exactly, is a blockchain based social network trying to solve? Proof of origin? A conversational paper trail? I would say the main interesting

> What problem, exactly, is a blockchain based social network trying to solve? Proof of origin? A conversational paper trail? I would say the main interesting problem to solve is how to have a social network with a shared state without requiring a all-powerful central party like the existing solutions. Blockchain solutions allow a consensus about what is in the network without this. If you don't care about the social network state diverging endlessly that's not a problem, but part of the "social" part of social networking is that users expect to see broadly the same messages or at least that all messages are drawing from a common well in the sense that I can choose not to follow a particular person or conversation, but if I do follow them/it then I see the same set of messages as others who are following. This is how we have a shared conversation. Edit: Not saying this is the only or best way to do this, but it is one way and I believe this to be the problem blockchain social networks are trying to solve. eg these guys are building a blockchain social network and it's explicitly one of their goals https://www.projectliberty.io/ https://www.projectliberty.io/