The current crisis of public debate and Big Tech and an opportunity: Brave-powered services for open social media ?

• Mastodon

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I guess I don't need to reveal much about the current events regarding major tech companies and social platforms censoring a certain Orange Guy. What I like to talk about is how companies like Brave could turn this into a great opportunity. The idea is simple: Brave, Inc can offer Brave-branded services for users that wish to get away from Big Tech (Twitter, Facebook, Google) and migrate into the fediverse, which is an open, decentralized alternative to have social media services that are not controlled by a single entity. Systems that are based on ActivityPub work like email: users with accounts on one server can communicate with any servers on any other server. There is no "wallet garden" and no "lock-in". If a user is not happy with the service from one server, they can migrate their account to another one. It also allows people to run their server, if they so wish, which gives them absolute control over their own social media and communications. So, let me dream a little and see how this could be offered: 1. Brave sets up an instance of either Mastodon or Pleroma and announces they are joining the Fediverse. Anyone can create‍ an account and be "[email protected]". 1. This instance is based on a freemium model: Advertisers can bid on an hourly/daily message that gets broadcast for every user in the brave server, but those that pay for the service (with BAT) can switch that off. (Of course, it is a given that no ad there will track its users, and users should be able to block the ad account if they really don't want to see any ads) 1. Brave can use this as a way to start their own KYC process. Users that want to get a blue checkmark can pay some BAT to do the KYC and get verified. KYC'd users would be able to cash out directly to their ethereum wallet. Bye Uphold! This is not about trying to attract the diaspora of Orange Guy's supporters from Twitter and the idea is not to have Brave become a refuge for hate speech. Let the real deplorables go to Gab or Parler. Moderation and prevention of abuse should still be expected, and to avoid bad actors Brave could even introduce some kind of fine (BAT-based of course) for its users who are abusing to system to uncivilized discourse. The idea is to establish Brave as a full-on alternative to Big Tech, based on open technology and that still preserves users' privacy. It would make the BAT ecosystem stronger and more useful. It would make Brave relevant even for people that don't know/don't care about the browser.

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