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by kodz4 2546 days ago
This is great. Celebs need to be on boarded more than Geeks. Getting an Obama or Kim Kardashian to show support would have major global impact. A cascade would start.
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Kim Kardashian's business thrives on "media" and social media. Why would she be on it?
Not just her business, her identity. Their whole family is based on being a brand.
One reason would be that her media business is controlled by a corporation that could ban her without notice at any moment and without reason. A decentralized network would allow her more control.
The corporations are also making so much money off her content that banning her would be a disaster.
It would also be harder for her to build an audience and make money from it in the first place.
Cause maybe she is tired of the routine. Has made enough money and is watching the effect its having on kids. There are thousands of reasons, because there are so many different unintended effects social media has.
> Cause maybe she is tired of the routine. Has made enough money and is watching the effect its having on kids.

Yeah, maybe Zuckerberg is tired of the routine as well and both of them don't want more money and more power.

But probably not.

I didn’t think people could be that naive.
Keanu Reeves should got on the #fediverse. Cyberpunk77 hordes would fill the Mastodons.
Cascade of what? I expect only cascade of posts on {facebook, twitter, you name it} happening.

FB will happily put adverts between posts in that "cascade" ;)

The problem is celebs are perfectly happy with current state of social media. Unless they see problems, they might not get onboard.

It's only the people who have been through some mess in there life because of social media know how bad is social media.

As with the 2008 financial collapse, triggering a cascade requires just finding the weakness in just a few who are ready to burn out.
Nah, the geeks need to go there first. The rest always follows. But i think there are not enough geeks in decentraland
Maybe even geeks can be pragmatic and understand the limitations of the alternative social networks and choose not to bother? I’m in that camp personally.