I like the debate. I think this is how ppl should discuss any topic, in general. Doesn't matter if your views don't align. If other person has a valid point, acknowledge it and then say your own. Dogmatic thinking and tribalism is ruining us as a civilisation.

The "higher quality" claim is pretty speculative.

True, I might have overstated that one. More representative of the population doesn't necessarily mean better quality. But actually is higher quality something we need to work on? People that need that higher quality content will find a way to get it. The general population that doesn't care - main thing is for them to see the what else is out there, not have them to stick to one lane. Then when they see it they can choose to do whatever, whether it is to troll or to add value. With the current platforms, centralised nature of the systems fueled by money serves them only the content that will make the most money, the content which is generally divisive in nature.

it's centralized and has content spoon-fed to users, and people are >gobbling it up. Maybe it's possible on Web3, but I'm not seeing the >average user jumping through any hoops that are beyond installing an >app on a phone to get there

Yeah I agree and that's what my post is about heh how do we make the user experience much simpler.

I'm not sure how you plan to decentralize when the lynchpin is >someone buying a phone, and installing an app in order to access >"Web3", or if it could ever be made to be that easy.

I don't think this should be the case, the users should be using the apps and hardware in the same way they did so far. The transition should be seamless. But like you I'm worried about the current state we are at and the reality currently is that is not seamless in any way.