Topic: DeSoc
Decentralized Social protocols enabling user-owned identities, social graphs, and onchain reputation systems.
Trends to Watch in 2025
We had our ideas about what would happen in Web3 during 2025. Now that we’re a month into the year, we can start comparing our predictions to reality. Read on to see what we were right about, what has lately emerged, and what has really surprised us. Do you agree with our findings?
How TikTok’s U.S. Ban Turned Users To DeSoc
As the TikTok ban loomed, Meta wrung its hands with pleasure thinking it would get its user base back. Instead, 170M people were incentivised toward decentralized social media. Let’s unpack the shift in trust and what you can do to join the movement.
What Are Telegram Mini-Apps And Why You Should Care
What are Telegram mini-apps? From gaming and memes to DeFi and NFTs, these dApps are simplifying the Web3 onboarding process for millions of Telegram users. Leveraging the TON blockchain, discover how to access Telegram mini-apps as a user — or create them as a founder.
Content Revenue Streams in DeSoc: What Are Your Options?
What do DeSoc content revenue streams mean for the creator economy? Read how decentralized social media reimagines content business models for social media platforms. From NFTs to microtransactions to token-gated premium content, Web3 and crypto put creatives in control of content monetization.
The Web2 and Web3 Intersection: An Attempt Was Made
As DeSoc gains traction, traditional social media platforms are trying out Web3 for size. Platforms playing with the Web2 and Web3 intersection sometimes work, other times feel disingenuous, and some simply crash and burn. Let’s have a look at what works, what doesn’t, and what to look out for.
Lens vs. Farcaster: Which Platform Is Leading the DeSoc Race?
Lens Protocol and Farcaster are popular decentralized social media platforms. Get a feel for the Web3 social media landscape through this side-by-side comparison. How are they the same, where do they differ, and what do they tell us about the future of decentralized social media?
What Is a Social Graph’s Role in Your Social Media Experience?
How does a social graph work? Discover how Web3 social graphs are giving social media users control of their accounts and data on decentralized social media (DeSoc) platforms. Can these new DeSoc upstarts compete with the likes of X, Meta, Alphabet, and the rest?
Why Get Started Now With Decentralized Social Media?
As traditional social media grows more unpredictable with censorship and unfair revenue models, decentralized social media (DeSoc) offers a powerful alternative. Discover why DeSoc offers creators control, fair monetization, and resilience and why now is the time to adopt it and future-proof your business in Web3.
The Business Case for Decentralized Social Media and Why It Matters Now
Centralized social media behemoths are seducing Web3 lovers with jazzy features for now. However, the business landscape will shift as DeSoc closes in on Facebook, X, and their traditional rivals. What does this mean for creators, entrepreneurs, and businesses? This report provides data-driven insights and strategic recommendations on the business potential and real-world impact of DeSoc.
How Decentralized Social Media Could Transform Online Communities
Does decentralized governance and user control lead to more engaged networks? Could Web3 decentralized, blockchain-based social media networks empower users to shift away from centralized platforms? Explore how decentralized social media could transform online communities.
Web3 for Creators: How I Stopped Chasing Likes and Started Earning
Content creators constantly feel unmoored as traditional social media change their algorithms and erode monetization opportunities. Decentralized social media (DeSoc) offers an alternative, with full ownership and unique monetization opportunities. Here’s one creator’s experience making the switch.
Decentralized Social Media Business Opportunities, Are They Real?
By now, even naive web-surfers understand that social media business models don’t place the user in the center. It’s no secret that the platform always wins and the winner takes it all - well almost. Enter Web3 with more favorable decentralized social media business opportunities. Dive into the data.
How to Leverage the Web3 Creator Economy & Decentralized Social Media
The creator economy is powered by social media platforms that lack transparency. Decentralized social media (DeSoc) platforms are providing novel features, new revenue streams, and a Web3 creator economy that is changing the entire social media sector. This article investigates how.
Decentralized Social Media: Is DeSoc Ready for Prime Time?
Find out what the future holds for the world of social media in this era of fake news, data breaches, privacy violations, and unwanted censorship. Could decentralized social media (DeSoc) and blockchain be the answer to giving back control over freedom of expression, data, privacy, and much more?