why does Twitter need to be built on crypto? Ugh. This brings to mind the (truth...

robobro on Dec 11, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter funding a team to develop an open standard...

why does Twitter need to be built on crypto? Ugh.

This brings to mind the (truthfully) quite useless Minds.com social network. Twitter doesn't NEED a blockchain. Just look at Pleroma, Mastodon, or Gab to see p2p twitter replacements that are blockchain-free.