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