Platform moderation is a losing battle in any centralized system—mistakes are inevitable, no matter the good intentions. COVID content controls likely aimed to save lives based on the science at the time, but getting it right is very hard.

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Lightspark. Founder MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab. Previously: Co-Creator of ≋ Diem / Libra.

Platforms wield too much power, and handing decisions to an oversight board is just decentralization theatre. Even with genuine efforts to distribute control—like we tried with Libra—getting it right all the time is impossible.

What's the better solution? Encourage grassroots verification, like Community Notes, and move toward a federated system that maintains interoperability between apps and aggregators. We can still share and connect, but with transparent algorithms and filters that users choose.