It's Time to Put the User in the Center

Mike Natanzon argues that social media should be rebuilt around users, using open social graph protocols and a new economic engine instead of attention monetization. He says legacy platforms control what users see, who they interact with, and how much they can earn, and that Farcaster already provides an open social graph and distributed data hubs. The missing piece, he argues, is an economic engine that rewards developers through a "Proof-of-Impact" mechanism, funded by currency issuance as in blockchains. He presents this as possible but says it will require a movement of developers, creators, and supporters.