Open and Decentralized

Do not ignore this quoted tweet.

There are layers and layers with this. I think @jack is likely moves ahead here.

Don’t let your frustrations with current Twitter and it’s Terms of Service or Trust & Safety issues blind you to what is likely to be the fate of social media.

Twitter is funding a small independent team of up to five open source architects, engineers, and designers to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media. The goal is for Twitter to ultimately be a client of this standard. 🧵

— jack (@jack) December 11, 2019

Do you want to blow your own mind?

Ok. What if the future of social media is CEOs who don’t want responsibilities that no one can possibly shoulder because the challenges are impossible? What if the CEOs lock themselves out of being able to influence what happens on platforms?

I’m not saying this will become that. I am saying that we can’t fully blame the CEOs for solving problems that have no solution & their best move may be a move to decentralized computing with all its potential nightmares and freedoms. Think about this. It’s a 🌍 we’ve never seen.

Originally tweeted by Eric Weinstein (@EricRWeinstein) on December 11, 2019.