a STAR is BORN - ONO social EQUALS decentralised social network 2.0
For almost two years our beloved Steem blockchain powers an increasingly growing decentralised social network: Steemit. Those two years, Steemit was having - more or less - a monopoly position. Sure, we've seen other new(er) generation social networks come to life, like the general purpose Sola, Nexus, and onG networks, as well as the more media tailored networks like Musicoin (music), Aurovine (music), LBRY (video), Viuw.ly (video); But Steemit was continuously alone at the top in terms of number of users, number of published content, and number of transactions on the blockchain.
Last week the landscape for Steemit and all decentralised social networks changed with the launch of the newest of the newest social network ONO Social or simply ONO. More than 50k users in a few days and growing fast.
After reading some posts here at Steemit and at other media channels; A trigger by a good friend; I started reading the ONO whitepaper. The claims made about ONO sounded super positive to me and I needed proof for those claims.
For the sake of not eating all of your free time reading through an essay length article, I'll summarise the - to myself - most important aspects of ONO, the aspects that can make a difference in decentralised social networks.
Services Ecosystem
A complete services ecosystem is created including but not limited to:
- ID verification system with more transparent ID verification when importance/influence level of individuals increases
- Chat/Messaging system (end-2-end encrypted, like WhatsApp, Telegram private mode)
- Encrypted data storage with well know permission settings
- Complete tool set for content consumers incl like/dislike, tip/reward, bookmark, share, reply features
- App store to allow developers to publish their Apps to the community
Governance
Decentralisation and freedom doesn't mean the right to abuse others and the system itself. Roles are defined to not only help the community, but also to safeguard the community from bad actors. This is a huge important aspect in my opinion, since where money is involved, bad actors are attracted and we all know what happens when bad actors have an open playing field and all their freedom!
Part of the Governance is the introduction of absolute transparency for important community roles like those who are tasked to fight abusive behaviour and bad actors.
Referendum system
The referendum system is an absolute super important and even crucial 'feature' therefore I didn't list it under Services Ecosystem or Governance since it deserves more than just one of the features. It is THE tool to allow true democracy. It is THE tool to allow for joint decision making. It is THE tool to allow for joint creation of the community culture.
The referendum system can be used in many situations, from determining development items, to rewarding of roles, and solving disputes between users and even more importantly, between those identifying abuse and those who are categorised as being abusive.
End Note
With what I read about ONO, in their whitepaper, I feel being heard. Yes, I do know my voice most likely didn't travel all the way to China where ONO is created, but ONO incorporates some very important aspects to try and keep a community - more or less - good and functioning. Two articles I published to the Steem blockchain I like to bring to your attention talking about a topic I find absolute important and with ONO I see it actually implemented.
Referendums - People's Participation is the Essence of Good Governance!
I've been concerned that someone would steal Steemit's thunder. Maybe this will spur them to get things moving. Others have learnt from what went wrong here. Steemit has a good community, but many will go elsewhere if they think it's a better experience.
I'm afraid you are right. Two years head start, but for some reason it is difficult to learn and implement. The user is not the focus; blockchain features are; focus is on the wrong things imho.
Social network is a very important subject in the world.........Tell a story about the social network........In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever......................
Sure is; Social networks connect people from all over the world. Facebook is a good example of that. But Facebook also shows how we are all tricked into selling our privacy to a corporate. Steemit is an example of how things can be different, although it has a lot of flaws. ONO is geared to take the next step in social networking, I'm pretty sure. At least they paint the correct picture in their whitepaper, at least a correct picture to me.
It does sound that the comment came from a bot or googled what the movie Social Network is.
Could be indeed, It actually is not really relevant to the article itself :) But, I got a post upvote, and have the feeling that one was manually casted.
Thanks for the great write-up! We're gearing up for the Global launch in May. Stay tuned!
Super!
It sounds really interesting. I also thought about the issue of governance and gonna read the other two articles.
Governance and a structure and tools to execute is a must imho.
Pretty amazing write up and condense form of the important aspects of Ono.
I think that is what we are missing the governance and making sure people behave.
Decentralization does not mean it gives free reign for people to act out negatively.
You are absolute correct! However, here at Steemit I had many discussions with community members who were/are opposed to mechanisms ONO embeds at its core.
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