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mk · 1654 days ago · link · · parent · post: In The Beginning: The Front Page Of The Internet Is Using Ethereum
I have no idea if it will work, but the fact that they are making an effort to do something different than the current model is a good thing, IMO. As I wrote in that related experiment we tried almost 5 years ago, the current model for social aggregators (and social networks in general) is seriously flawed. As long as the users aren't paying, they are the product, and incentives are misaligned. I believe that all cross-site tracking of user behavior on the internet should be illegal. However, until competing economic models exist, there isn't much hope that we can move away from selling user data as the mode of profit.