Deplatforming: Banished from the Web2 Town Square
Internet: The World’s Digital Town SquareAccording to Global Research Index, 59% of the world’s population or 4.70 billion people use social media and 63% or 5 billion people have access to the internet. Elon Musk called Twitter the “de facto public town square”, but the internet encompasses far more, creating a new paradigm for online interconnected communities, unlocking global localized marketplaces and acting as a tool to hold individuals and institutions accountable. For much of the worl...
Deplatforming: Banished from the Web2 Town Square
Internet: The World’s Digital Town SquareAccording to Global Research Index, 59% of the world’s population or 4.70 billion people use social media and 63% or 5 billion people have access to the internet. Elon Musk called Twitter the “de facto public town square”, but the internet encompasses far more, creating a new paradigm for online interconnected communities, unlocking global localized marketplaces and acting as a tool to hold individuals and institutions accountable. For much of the worl...
The Evolution of Digital Reputation in a rapidly Digitizing World
TL;DR: In a rapidly digitizing global society, the need to establish reputation is of significant importance for creating trust and establishing rapport, for conducting social and economic transactions. Existing Web2 reputation models are outdated, suffering from a lack of trust, data exploitation, censorship and centralization. Web3 technologies such as decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and really any smart contracts mark the possibility of a new paradigm for digital t...
The Evolution of Digital Reputation in a rapidly Digitizing World
TL;DR: In a rapidly digitizing global society, the need to establish reputation is of significant importance for creating trust and establishing rapport, for conducting social and economic transactions. Existing Web2 reputation models are outdated, suffering from a lack of trust, data exploitation, censorship and centralization. Web3 technologies such as decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and really any smart contracts mark the possibility of a new paradigm for digital t...
