Don't bother making a decentralized clone of a thing that already exists.

2024-09-30 · Bits and Bobs 9/30/24

That's a nearly impossible slog, with little payoff.

The same problems of distribution, centralization, retention... but with no user value and even harder because of more complex architecture.

A decentralized, emergent system will have to enable new possibilities.

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