Resource Extraction, Social Media Monetization and Real World Connections

The Story: Esteemed science journal Nature printed a paper all concerning the coming wave of decentralized social media, or DeSo, and the implications of “tokenizing” consumer engagements. Authors ​​Meysam Alizadeh, Emma Hoes and Fabrizio Gilardi argue that social media corporations like Streemit, Reddit and Twitter are asserting plans to assist customers monetize their exercise,  which might convey monetary and reputational incentives for engagement that “may lead customers to put up extra objectionable content material.”