Re:A decentralized web would give power back to the people o...
by Gys on Sunday October 09, 2016 @12:03PM
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> For people to switch to something else they need to find out about it first, and to find out about it somebody has to promote it to them
The perceived higher value itself is the incentive that will make people tell other people about it. People like to share things they really like or dislike. It gives them something to talk about ;-)
Re:A decentralized web would give power back to the people o...
by zzzcpan on Sunday October 09, 2016 @12:14PM
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No, not really. To tell each other they first need to find out about it too and not just find out, but also try to use it. You can benefit from this, of course, but it cannot be a force moving product until it reaches some critical mass.
Re:A decentralized web would give power back to the people o...
by Gys on Sunday October 09, 2016 @05:37PM
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I was talking more in general.
You seem to talk about building a platform to replace Facebook, Snapchat, Google and others like them ? Good luck ;-)
Snapchat made it by offering easier photo options before Facebook did. Whatsapp did the same with messaging. Maybe some startup will make it with VR before the others do. But 'more power' and 'decentralized' will simply not do.
No, that's not how it works. Sure, perceived value is important, but that's not where it starts. For people to switch to something else they need to find out about it first, and to find out about it somebody has to promote it to them. And how do you get people to promote it? You need an incentive, you need to find some way to make it worth for people to promote the software and of course it has to have a value for users to use it too.
Torrent sites, for example, benefited from promoting torrent technology.