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Discussion on: Do you want a decentralized web with free speech support?

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Cody Seibert

I think it’s useful for certain use cases. For example, if you have an important video you need the world to see, it would make sense to host it on ipfs or other decentralized services. Or if you want to chat with others and not have your discussions be censored, decentralization is necessary.

But, I do think centralized services are useful to help reduce the toxicity of online users. When you can’t easily delete content, it’s easy for abusive content to flood the internet.

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NotFound404

I would agree that both centralized and decentralized web are needed. Both can cause problems, both have their value.
Centralized web are more efficient and cheap, while decentralized are slower and more expensive.
Centralized web can remove content easily, while decentralized can not simply remove contents user generated by others.