2026-01-14 18:56:48

The Internet Got Built Upside Down

Think about how it actually works today. You're scrolling, creating, posting—generating the raw material that powers billion-dollar platforms. You build communities from scratch. You curate conversations. You produce the content that keeps people glued to screens.

Yet who wins? The corporations sitting in the middle, extracting every last drop of value you created.

It's a rigged extraction economy. You do the work. They pocket the profits. Billions flow upward while creators get crumbs—if they get anything at all. The incentives are backwards. The value capture is backwards.

This is exactly why Web3 exists. Decentralized platforms flip the script: creators own their work, communities own their economics, and value flows directly to those who actually generate it. Not some extraction machine deciding what you deserve.

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DuckFluff

· 11h ago

Basically, it's big companies leeching off us, and us workers just giving them value for free.

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EntryPositionAnalyst

· 11h ago

Honestly, the internet has really turned around now. We're feeding pigs, and they’re reaping the benefits. Web3 is idealistic, but currently there are too many scam coins preying on investors... Let’s wait until there are real practical applications. Centralized platforms make easy money, while creators are just working for them. This system indeed has issues. That said, complete decentralization is not realistic; the key is to have good incentive mechanisms. Actually, the problem isn’t with the platform itself, but that users have no real choices. Rationalized exploitation, the promises of Web3 sound good, but executing them is another story.

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ser_ngmi

· 11h ago

To be honest, we are now just content slaves working for big corporations, and we are completely unaware of it. --- The ideals of Web3 sound great, but we don't know what the actual implementation looks like... --- Platforms are leeching, creators' earnings are empty, this cycle needs to change. --- Contributing data every day but only getting a popularity feedback, it's hilarious. --- Decentralization sounds wonderful, but who dares to truly bet everything on it? --- The value chain has been rotten for a long time; middlemen making a profit is now considered normal. --- So is Web3 just a dream of removing middlemen? But first, someone has to truly believe in it. --- Right now, I am just a free content generator, not realizing I am being exploited. --- Don't just talk about reversals; the key is to have platforms that can truly share the profits.

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