Do We Really Want a More Decentralized Version of Facebook?

[Viron]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/yoavvilner/2019/05/08/a-distributed-internet-what-is-it-good-for/#130eb4384bae

I found this article a fascinating read. Discussing topics and projects that can help make the internet more private and decentralized. I even like the idea  of owning your own domain on the blockchain which would be controlled directly by the owner instead of being censored.

All hopeful things to see in the near future. Thoughts?

Honestly, a more decentralized internet in general would be amazing in general.
I prefer the online space being more of a wild west of sorts, say whatever you want, post whatever you want...etc. Granted, I do have my nostalgia-goggles on, the way the internet used to be was a lot more fun to me compared to how it is today.
Kinda defeats the purpose of social media when you start censoring people/speech, never really kept up with Alex Jones, but how he was deplatformed was a scary precedent to set.

[squatz1]

When I think about stuff like this, I always think that we're never going to be truly decentralized. There are certain things on the internet that is going to be popular to police, such as child porn, crime related activities, etc. If we're truly decentralized, we're not going to be able to police things like this.

That's going to aggravate law enforcement, regular people on the internet, and so on and so forth.

So the answer to that is to have some moderation, nothing too crazy but SOME. But then this moderation gets larger and larger over time, and there's really nothing that is done to stop it. That's just how it goes. We've reached the point where moderation (and censorship) on the internet are going so far to a point that people are attempting to take a stand against it.

[r1s2g3]

I see so many replies here but no one is thinking on below lines.

When Facebook is centralized, we can see so many people abusing it so why do we need a decentralized version? People post death threats, abuses, spread false curfue rumors and some users have posted their suicide video on Facebook. They couldn't manage controlling these issues so I can just imagine what will happen when people have freedom of speech. Just because some famous people were banned, it doesn't sound logical and it's not even possible to have a decentralized social media website. Government will be first to ban it.

We need impartial media, not the decentralized one. Democracy/decentralization is dangerous thing if the "hands" participating in it overpower the "heads" that are supposed to make good decision.

[BADecker]

People like to socialize. They like to get together and share all kinds of things. They all get different ideas this way, and find useful info. It's fun to socialize.

That's all Facebook is for. Why not decentralize it so that people can do what they like without the restraints of a big corporation? or the fears that they might be kicked out on a whim of  management?