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It's not a technical problem. It's a social problem first and an economic problem second. The social part: the "internet scale" and the scale of "largest group
by rglullis 3y ago
It's not a technical problem. It's a social problem first and an economic problem second.
The social part: the "internet scale" and the scale of "largest group who can keep meaningful relationships" are incompatible.
The economic problem: ad-based models have misaligned incentives. People can not vote with their wallets, so every content creator, media property or social media network defaults to the lowest common denominator. And the number of people willing to pony up the cash to help things happen are simply not enough to make it sustainable.
- awad 3y agoThis is the core of the issue. Many would-be competitors to Facebook over the years would lean on the technology aspect as if the average person would care. There's nothing wrong with a decentralized system if you can actually make it work better than the status quo, but many individuals implementing these systems get too caught up in the tech and not enough on the distribution and user acquisition.