#19: Players of Modular versus Integrated Content Indexing
Most decentralized social projects follow a modular approach using existing blockchains while DeSo is following an integrated approach by creating a new layer 1 blockchain
While blockchains have been long touted as the solution to decentralize the internet, they have struggled beyond financial applications because of heavy data storage needs of the internet
The original internet protocols just transmitted data but did not store or index it. This lack of storage allowed big tech companies to fill that void.