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Why we need to save the web

Everybody is online now, and we can’t afford to compromise the way we communicate, share, and learn.

Because Archival is a Right and a Responsibility

To Own your identity

For Ethical Remixing and References

  • The web supports two methods for references: Copying (plagarising), Linking (fragile)

    • Links on the web are one-way, aside from centralized search engines

  • Backlinks are prone to spam, so you are not obligated to distribute them

    • p2p indexers on the network can gossip to distribute backlinks

  • Content on the web should have a "fork" button, or "edit" if you have capability

To Connect and Collaborate without Gatekeepers

For Monetization without Big AdTech

Robust Reputation Systems

  • Computers and People on the network may misbehave and we need local-first reputation systems to mitigate that

  • Web of Trust is the core concept, cryptographic endorsements of identities form a web. To gain trust by secure chains of endorsement

  • We require jumping-off points by IRL relationships or well-known social media authors

We Need a Rights System

  • Copyright metadata deeply associated with the content

  • Signed capabilities for redistribution, editing, and indexing

  • Ethical and conscientious objection, refusal

  • Reference: Transcopyright by Ted Nelson

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