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RE: The Past We Had Internet, Now We Have Steem
Unfortunately the desire to "create a new internet" seems to lead to greater centralization.
For example the "app" phenomena was an experiment in creating a new internet.
Smartphones have a limited storage capacity. So people download a very small number of apps. These apps have the predictable effect of limiting the number of voices that people encounter.
Even though SteemIt and "dapps" are on decentralized servers. They have the effect of limiting the number of sites that people actually visit.
Dapps create a paradox where people are using the term "decentralization" to create a new paradigm that is actually more centralized that the web at large.
Sorry, I didn't understand, the dApps are doing a decentralization or a centralization?
I think @yintercept means that, while dapps are running on decentralized servers, they have a relatively small user base as compared with the internet as a whole.
So using them effectively limits your audience, as well as the number of posts you can see, simply because they have not yet been widely adopted.
Which is entirely true.
In that way I agree... But adoption is not a huge problem since people can migrate to this platform, even if they are concern about the privacy and censorship from another social media.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi @crescendoofpeace, @robertoueti, @yintercept
Wow. What an interesting conversation you guys have here :)
Damn. Steemit may not be censorship free but still this is the best platform to engage with people I know.
Cheers
Piotr