Jamil
@jamil
if ENS is supposed to be the “hub” of your identity, why does every web3 social platform have their own namespace?
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Kiran
@neuroswish
because it’s the most valuable piece of digital real estate. If I’m a platform, why would I co-opt someone else’s namespace if I can create a value system native to my own platform to make you keep coming back?
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vrypan |--o--|
@vrypan.eth
Yes, this is the reason. Why not do it like this? Because Google of Meta will do it better. They should pick a game these companies can't play, or they will be wiped out when the big guns join the party.
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Bullers
@db
This mode of thinking will shift over time once you realize the value decentralized identities bring to a platform: cost savings, liability reducer, and fire hose of information (granted the user provides access) that opens the door to all time spent online.
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Jamil
@jamil
I’m a little skeptical that the namespace is what’s valuable, rather than the graph of connections and set of interactions. though there’s something to be said about being early to a platform and getting the name you want, and so there is some incentive structure there
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Jamil
@jamil
This seems a little incongruent with the next message, though — that’s an incentive for the company rather than the user. I also feel this justification is what’s led to the demise of protocols over platforms (why reuse something when we can do it in-house)
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