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The content you’ve linked really does a good job at showing how completely decentralized P2P social media is a terrible, terrible idea.



Please don't snarkily dismiss someone's work. If you want to contribute constructively, there are plenty of other ways to bring this point.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


One of the first posts I saw was the N word over and over


That's no excuse for posting bad comments yourself.

A big internet forum like HN gets tons of crap comments. Most eventually get moderated, but not all; and even the ones that get moderated take time before we see them.


loser


Decentralized does not mean there's no moderation. 4chan is centralized but the content can be... We don't need big companies to help us do quality moderation. Quite the opposite.

P2P social media is a fantastic idea.


Yep, it may be technically of interest, but devoid of any modicum of social nuance or sophistication.


Yes because Reddit gets its sophistication from being centralized and VC owned?

The quality of Reddit is created by the users. If they used a P2P platform the content would be of high quality.




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