(And Why You May, 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, but it surely doesn’t actually really feel prefer it anymore, you realize?
The platforms we use every single 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. Out of the blue 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 wanting into Web3. Principally out of curiosity at first. Then frustration. Then, actually, somewhat desperation. I imply, I make stuff. I write, I put up, I share concepts. However I received uninterested in doing all that simply to assist increase some mega-corp’s advert income whereas I get, what? A couple of likes and perhaps a dopamine hit if I’m fortunate?
Web3, in a nutshell, is this concept that the web doesn’t need to belong to massive…