“Do you want access to the local bakery?
“Sign in through Facebook.
Small vendors rely on the security protocols of a few big players.”
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Decentralizing or Polarizing?
Dorsey hasreportedly supportedopen and decentralized social media standards in the past.
Centralizing discovery and identity into corporations really damaged the internet.”
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“In fact, their corporate reputation may depend on who they let in and who they keep out.
Equal access is antithetical to marketing decisions that tailor the brand to a specific clientele.”
The people on early decentralized systems already had technical expertise or were willing to learn it.
Instead of logging onto Meta, you used chat programs likeIRC.
“Finding like-minded people was more like foraging than selecting algorithmic communities on a platter,” Washington added.
- newsgroups deeply embraced the lack of central authority, which is where the term alt-right came from.
Early systems could not unilaterally shut down one voice.
It would have been impossible to refuse service to an entire country domain."
Making a fully decentralized internet will require overcoming hurdles involving speed and cost, Newton said.
But the price of decentralizing the internet is worth the cost, Newton insisted.
“Decentralization equals democratic control,” Newton said.
