A look at the issues fomented by a decentralized web, including a rise in conspiratorial thinking due to more siloed online spaces and increasing app fatigue
From social networks to crypto, independently run servers are being touted as a solution to the internet's problems. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to , @kissane@mstdn.social , @PrivacyDigest@mas.to , and @jerry@infosec.exchange Tweets: @ohmdee , @drjessmaddox , and @dimariebragg Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : Decentralized social networks are bad because we now get app fatigue because of too many apps and it's harder to fight misinformation because you can't just nag Jack or Zuck to shadow ban or suspend some user? — Wow. … Erin Kissane / @kissane@mstdn.social : This article on decentralization as conspiracy-thinking magnet is extremely weird https://www.wired.com/... I feel like there's a real story there on paranoia and bitcoin and ct but like … @PrivacyDigest@mas.to : The Hidden Dangers of the #Decentralized Web — From #socialnetworks to #crypto , independently run servers are being touted as a solution to the internet's problems. But they're far from a magic bullet. … @jerry@infosec.exchange : I have some bad news everyone: the fediverse isn't working out. Guess we should pack it up and move back to Facebook. — https://www.wired.com/... Tweets: @ohmdee : But I thought Twitter's and Facebook's algorithmic filter bubbles were the ultimate conspiracy theory, anti-democracy machines!! 🤔 #openweb #bluesky #mastodon https://twitter.com/... Dr. Jess Maddox / @drjessmaddox : In my latest for @WIRED, I wrote about the downsides of decentralized social media in the turn toward Web 3.0, including inaccessibility, inherent conspiratorial ideology, and app fatigue. https://www.wired.com/... @dimariebragg : @drjessmaddox writes about decentralization. “App fatigue” is a thing, y'all. https://www.wired.com/...