> Do you wanna change social media? Try and find and effective way to bring them down.
You don't change social media by building yet another closed protocol. You'd be building more of the same. The only option left is to build open protocols, and nostr is another attempt.
Checkmate.
For identities to be truly decentralized, there's no one you could run to to ask permission to change your password. Either you own your identity, or someone else does.
Your identity, BinaryIgor only exists in ycombinator, and for as long as ycombinator allows it, and only ycombinator can allow you to change your password. I can't recall how accounts are created here, but likely it also depends on linking it to your email identity as well. If ycombinator disappears, your identity goes down with it.
My Nickname on Hacker News - yes; but I own this Identity on at least one more platform and my own website, so it's not that simple :) In general, I think given Identity is more about reputation and familiarity that you gain with people by doing or delivering something under particular name in one or multiple contexts/platforms
- Bitwarden: took a couple of “lost my password” to convince everyone to use it
- Bring: we collaborate on shopping list with this
- ChatGPT Plus: we use it for work and even to organize our meals for camping
- Home Assistant: useful automations around the home
- Splitwise: great way to split bills back when I lived with a roommate… Now mostly use it for trips with friends & family
Google has a history of killing its own products and services. It is not wise to build on top of depending on their tools. It's likely that you'll get rugged next quarter.
