We Need Distributed Social Networks More Than Ello 269
Frequent contributor Bennett Haselton writes:
Facebook threatened to banish drag queen pseudonyms, and (some) users revolted
by flocking to Ello, a social network which promised not to enforce real
names and also to remain ad-free. Critics said that the idealistic model would
buckle under pressure from venture capitalists. But both gave scant mention
to the fact that a distributed social networking
protocol, backed by a player large enough to get people using it,
would achieve all of the goals that Ello aspired to achieve, and more. Read on for the rest.
