The biggest problem with a decentralized social media platform is that data ownership is not a huge benefit.

Trust is not accomplished on social media because it’s too noisy, so you ultimately have to go off platform anyway.

And we already have that in web2 with email, podcasts, SMS, and private communities.

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There’s no trust without discovery 

… and yes trust is found in social media, because we’re not that discerning in who we trust

You need social media for discovery and some early trust

Owning your graph is a hedge for the effort you put into (1) and (2)

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Hmmm 

In the mainstream case that’s true 

But look at the impact FB, X, IG closing their API, tweaking their algo and banning users had on some businesses 

DeSo provides a balance to that - makes totalitarian behaviour in incumbents a bit less likely because there’s an alternative (if adopted at scale)

Agreed. My point is that web2 social media already provides discovery. 

(Not to mention discovery doesn’t always have to happen on social media, but that’s another matter)

My main point is the big differentiator with DeSo is data ownership but there’s not much upside to it.