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Victoria Johnston

@ctrlaltvictoria

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Victoria Johnston
@ctrlaltvictoria
👋 Calling all startup CTOs and founding engineers! I'm on the lookout for like-minded individuals who are passionate about innovation & tech 🤖 I'd love to exchange ideas, share experiences, and learn from each other. Please tag anyone you know who might be interested!
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Hey Farcaster friends, help me out with a thesis on decentralized social media clients like Warpcast! I'm curious how they can be defensible without owning the social network. It's great for users, but what about developers? How do they keep their platform relevant when users can easily move? Let's discuss! 🤓
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New fun side project: short sci-fi stories set in a world fully adopting web3 My first story explores decentralized social platforms and the fight for free expression. Read now and join me on this journey of exploration and imagination! https://mirror.xyz/ctrlaltvictoria.eth/EazydRZZj_FdlgM1AncrCdcFdcOLynxTMeTRlSj3eVw
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My co-founder @nt is!
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What kind of content do you want to create? 😄 I'm an eng too and made some education youtube content on the side, but it was honestly SO time consuming to film and edit everything 😅😅 esp if you are not doing it as a full time gig! Streaming might be the way to go! I was also considering trying short form vide
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Here is his entire article: https://varunsrinivasan.com/2022/01/11/sufficient-decentralization-for-social-networks I think it's a sound argument. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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A good web3 social network design should strike a balance between using on-chain for decentralising ownership and off-chain for a better user experience. This ensures that users have control over their own data while also enjoying a seamless user experience ✨
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While it may be tempting to put everything on a blockchain, it is not only unnecessary but also expensive and undesirable 😱 Most people would not want to put their information on a public blockchain, especially if the data is difficult to delete 🙅 🙅 🙅
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What are the key features we need for "sufficient decentralisation"? The ability to: 1) Claim a unique username 2) Post messages under that name 3) Read messages from any valid name Other social network features (e.g. notifications, organizing) do not compromise sufficiency.
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When does a social network become "sufficiently decentralised"? I like @v's definition: "A social network achieves sufficient decentralisation if two users can find each other and communicate, even if the rest of the network wants to prevent it." 🤝 Do you agree?
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They are becoming an embodiment of the Network State, and eventually, they will physically instantiate themselves in the world somewhere 🧑‍🤝🌎 ‍🧑 It's already starting to happen, littleatlas.xyz 😉
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Mentioned on Bankless: 🎤NFTs are the closest prototypes to @balajis.eth' network state thesis that we have 🎤 I couldn't agree more! NFT communities are groups of like-minded individuals with shared values and passion who work towards a common goal. 👇
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Watchen looks like an interesting project! 👍👍👍
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RIP 😪 well I'm glad to see the same mistakes are not being made with web3 social so far!
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Good article on web3 social stack by Coinbase Ventures: https://www.coinbase.com/blog/decentralizing-social-media-a-guide-to-the-web3-social-stack
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Why am I excited about this? By separating the underlying protocols from the apps themselves, web3 social can change how social networks accrue wealth and power. ⚡ Empowering users and giving them control over their data, identity and relationships ✊
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4/ Finally, the cherry on top is the user-facing applications layer 🍒
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3/ The "🧊 icing on the cake 🧊" is the profile layer, where wallets act as passports that allow users to bring their data to different apps
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2/ Next, the social primitives layer, like the dough 🍪 🥐 , represents individuals, their identities and relationships.
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Decoding the web3 social stack: 1/ Ever wondered how web3 social networks work? Imagine it like a cake 🍰 😋 The base is the hosting layer made of blockchain and decentralized storage protocols 🧵 👇 https://i.imgur.com/ohAL0Rg.jpg
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