Decentralized Social Media
Based on my opinion, a decentralized social media platform is a platform that is governed and controlled by the users of the platform in decentralized way. This means that users make the rules and decide what happens on the platform, the rules and make decisions on the platform. A decentralized social media platform is mostly run on blockchain technology. In a decentralized social media, the users have an input and make decisions on the platform.
Benefits
- The power, rules and decision making is on the users
- It cannot be taken down because it runs on the blockchain
- Censorship resistance and contents cannot be deleted
Centralized Social Media
Based on my opinion, a centralized social media platform is a social media platform that is owned, controlled and governed by a singular company who make all the rules and make all the decisions without the users input. A centralized social media platform decides what happens, what changes to make and how the platform is run by the company that owns the social media platform. Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, TikTok, Youtube are all centralized social media platforms.
Benefits
- It is much faster to implement changes
- It is easier to eliminate abusive accounts
- Scam accounts can be banned and deleted faster
Difference Between Decentralized Social Media and Centralized Social Media
On decentralized social media platform, your posts cannot be censored. While on centralized social media platform, your posts can be censored.
On decentralized social media platform, users have full control and ownership of their contents. While on centralized social media platform, users do not have full control and ownership of their contents.
On decentralized social media platform, the decisions and affairs of the platform is made by the users. While on centralized social media platform, the company makes all the decisions.
On decentralized social media platform, all contents is stored on blockchain. While on centralized social media platform, all contents is stored on the company servers.
On decentralized social media platform, users’ information is safe and cannot be sold. While on centralized social media platform, users’ information is not safe and can be sold.
On decentralized social media platform, user accounts cannot be taken down. While on centralized social media platform, user accounts can be taken down.
On decentralized social media platform, users have full control and ownership of their contents. While on centralized social media platform, users do not have full control and ownership of their contents.