There are things that can be useful in the abstract and so antithetical to usefulness in actuality that it's not really worth getting into.
Like... the idea of using blockchain to ensure a decentralized * network.
We've HAD them before on the internet. They worked fine as long as the average person knew nothing about them. They don't work when 12 year olds and 4chan trolls and Trump groupies get access.
Wanna fix social networks?
Step 1: Recreate twitter.
Step 2: Make it compatible with user-created subscribable blocklists (and exception lists) that can be shared and modified.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit
You never have to see anything but the content you like, and it's still "free speech" even under the most ridiculous faulty application of the term because the company isn't blocking anyone directly. List owner block someone you like? Add them as an exception.
Boom, social media solved, at least until people who are REALLY for personal responsibility decide it's too much trouble.
Like... the idea of using blockchain to ensure a decentralized * network.
We've HAD them before on the internet. They worked fine as long as the average person knew nothing about them. They don't work when 12 year olds and 4chan trolls and Trump groupies get access.
Wanna fix social networks?
Step 1: Recreate twitter.
Step 2: Make it compatible with user-created subscribable blocklists (and exception lists) that can be shared and modified.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit
You never have to see anything but the content you like, and it's still "free speech" even under the most ridiculous faulty application of the term because the company isn't blocking anyone directly. List owner block someone you like? Add them as an exception.
Boom, social media solved, at least until people who are REALLY for personal responsibility decide it's too much trouble.