Ex-BitTorrent CTO on Decentralized Social Networks: Overlooked or Overhyped? - Ryan Li, CyberConnect, Ep. 240

<p dir="ltr">Despite complaints about privacy and exploitative revenue sharing, social media giants like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter still dominate the social media landscape after more than a decade</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Why aren’t users and creators exploring other platforms? Well, they simply can’t since these giants own their data and audiences, and moving means losing all the progress they’ve built</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">In this Blockcrunch episode, Ryan Li, Co-Founder of CyberConnect, a decentralized social graph protocol trying to revolutionize the relationship between social media platforms and users, shares with us</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Why Web 3 social graphs are necessary</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Why you should switch over to Web 3 platforms</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The future of social media</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Timestamps:</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:00:00) – Introduction to CyberConnect</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:03:48) – History of CyberConnect</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:10:03) – Problems with Web 2 social platforms</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:13:28) – What is a social graph</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:16:00) – Incentives for building on CyberConnect</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:19:47) – Better monetization for creators</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:25:30) – Ownership and composability of data</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:31:57) – Why not social tokens</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:34:53) – Web 3 social graph landscape</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:42:13) – Are social graphs competitive or complementary</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:43:33) – CyberConnect’s monetization model</p> <p dir="ltr">(00:46:18) – Convincing users to switch over from Web 2</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Sponsor message:</p> <p dir="ltr">Filecoin is enabling open services for data, built on top of I