(And Why You Would possibly, Too)
Okay, so… here is the factor. For some time now, the web has felt—how do I put this—off. Like strolling into your personal home and realizing somebody rearranged your furnishings when you had been gone. Technically nonetheless yours, however it doesn’t actually really feel prefer it anymore, you recognize?
The platforms we use day-after-day—Twitter (sorry, “X”), Instagram, YouTube—they began out feeling form of democratic. Like, “Hey, anybody can put up, construct one thing, go viral.” However someplace alongside the road, the vibe shifted. Abruptly it’s much less “construct your nook of the web” and extra “play by our guidelines, otherwise you’re shadowbanned into oblivion.” And don’t even get me began on the algorithm roulette. 🙄
So yeah, I began trying into Web3. Largely out of curiosity at first. Then frustration. Then, actually, a little bit desperation. I imply, I make stuff. I write, I put up, I share concepts. However I acquired uninterested in doing all that simply to assist increase some mega-corp’s advert income whereas I get, what? A number of likes and perhaps a dopamine hit if I’m fortunate?
Web3, in a nutshell, is this concept that the web doesn’t must belong to large…