[eggbrain]

Thanks Zak, appreciate your thoughts.

I hope to have some of the followup posts soon, although you are right that my idea is based around a centralized platform with ID Verification.

RE: How to solve for enshittification, I'd mention two things:

1. I think a good product can _stay_ good over time with strong centralized leadership, aka a "benevolent dictator". Think Steve Jobs at Apple, DHH at 37 Signals, etc.

  - Once that power structure changes, however (new leader, etc), that can quickly fall apart, so it's definitely not a bulletproof solution.

2. If incentives from the start are built into your platform to make the "user" the biggest customer on your platform, incentives will make sure that you keep those users happy.

  - If you have to choose between customers who give you $0/month and advertisers who will give you $1000/month, you'll eventually choose the advertisers to the detriment of the users.