[kictanet] How do we use Social Media Responsibly and how can Social Media Giants improve their Operations?

[Faustine Ngila]

Hello Hussein,

There's a solution in DeSo. Decentralised Social ensures there are several
independent layers for every social media platform.

When Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Oculus and Whatsapp were down, the
idea of a blockchain dedicated to decentralizing social media and avoiding
exactly the kind of service outages that centralized organizations invite,
became more relevant.

DeSo is a Layer-1 blockchain built to decentralize social media
applications at scale. A token supporting BitClout, the crypto social
network that allows each creator to have their own tokens that can be
bought and sold by followers is also needed.

DeSo will decentralize the normally centralized data collected by social
media applications. It puts content and intellectual property ownership
back into the hands of creators on social. It creates a way for creators to
have direct relationships with followers without intermediaries, unlocking
new ways to engage and monetize audiences without ads.

So cases of social media companies prioritising growth over safety will be
unheard of in DeSo. It also comes with better private data protection
measures.

On Wed, 6 Oct 2021, 07:52 Ali Hussein via KICTANet, <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> This has not been a good week for Facebook.
>
> From the massive downtime to the *#facebookwhistleblower* saga.
>
> I'm just wondering aloud...
>
> 1. .Is it time for society to take a hard look at itself?
> 2. Are we hating on *#Socialmedia* too much? Is this an easy way out?
> 3. Where's the middle ground? Is there one?
> 4. Sometimes I get this feeling that they are damned if they do and damned
> if they don't.... Didn't these guys ban a whole President? We clamoured for
> it and when they did we then accused them of overreaching.
>
> What's the solution? Who's ultimately responsible for our behaviors on
> Social Media?
>
> I suspect there's no easy answer to this. However, we must start this
> process. I suspect however, that a wholesale blame game against them is not
> the answer we are seeking.
>
> Ali Hussein
>
> Tel: +254 713 601113
> Twitter: @AliHKassim
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