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

Wed Oct 6 11:06:19 EAT 2021

Faustine

Interesting thoughts. I suspect however anything decentralized doesn't
necessarily mean good and is not an automatic panacea to what ails society.

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On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 8:23 AM Faustine Ngila via KICTANet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

>
> 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
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>
>>
>>
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