Redecentralising the Web: Potentials, Pitfalls and Forward Trajectories
Speaker: Nishanth Sastry – London, United KingdomTopic(s): Web, Mobile and Multimedia Technologies
Abstract
In recent years, new decentralised social platforms such as Mastodon and BlueSky have gained enormously in popularity. This talk will show large-scale measurements to help understand the reasons behind their explosive growth, discuss the potential benefits of enabling the operation of web infrastructure and services without centralised ownership or control, as well as potential pitfalls such as the emerging implicit pressures towards centralisation.About this Lecture
Number of Slides: ~30Duration: 60 minutes
Languages Available: English
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