TradSo allowed real user name and real faces while keeping the database closed. DeSo reverses by keeping the database open but using psuedonymous names instead.
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.