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[–] kambusha 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I'd have thought that web3 would be seen as a positive thing, since it's a lot about decentralisation, and taking back privacy & ownership of data. Is crypto why it's considered blasphemous?

If anything, web2.0 has seen rampant abuse of privacy, that is slowly being reigned in.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I mean, in terms of use... Name all the decentralized networks that the general public is aware of? Mastadon roughly 1 million active users, at a time when musk has let Xitter shit the bed to drop... to like 200 million users.

Meanwhile there's a bitcoin option on every ATM I go to in every gas station. Fact is if you ask around the table at thanksgiving, unless you have a very nerdy family.. odds are no one will be familiar with any web 3 items you name, other than crypto... and largely crypto will mostly only be known for it's worse applications. A speculative gambling investment that is popular to use to buy illegal goods with.

[–] kambusha 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right, I suppose if you asked 100 people about web3, crypto would likely be the top answer atm.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ask 100 people about web3 and 99 will say "there's 3 webs? I just use the one"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

Yeah I would say more accurately, if you asked 100 people specifically about "have you ever heard of Mastadon, or Lemmy" you'll get 99% "huh".

if you ask the same people about crypto.. I'd expect closer to 80-90% to have at least heard of crypto... Especially now that we have a president about to lead a crypto scam.

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