The future of social networks won't be built by developers

Giacomo, writing as Jaack, argues that social networks will be shaped by people's understanding of identity and society rather than by developers building technology, since social networks are a people problem rather than a tech problem. He presents blockchain's hard code as a shift from human-enforced consensus toward software-enforced rules, which he says enables truly global, interconnected societies. He describes a future in which identities are fluid and interoperable, and in which niche interest groups can form easily. The post was written for the t2 x Kiwi Writing Contest.