Social media problems and solutions: ‘Centralization is not sustainable’
What lies at the heart of the current problems with social media? What can and cannot be fixed? Over the past 15 years or so, social media has gained tremendous traction. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have reached soaring heights as companies. Social media has its benefits, such as global connectivity and low barrier to entry. It also gives people a platform for expression. The sector has taken a dark turn in recent years, however, igniting aggression and spreading false information, while, at the same time, raising questions of censorship. Eric Yang, founder and executive director of....
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I. The flaws of centralized social media platforms & the problems can be solved by their decentralized counterparts Today we use social media applications such as WeChat, Discord, Twitter, and Facebook to transcend spatial/temporal limits and communicate with others, thereby minimizing the time needed for communication or social interaction. However, such centralized social media platforms […]
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