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I personally have the knee-jerk reaction. I don't understand anything you're saying about blockchain. I've heard of farcaster (if you haven't you might be interested) and nostr (ditto) but don't know how they work.
The lack of mega downvotes, I'd guess, comes from the fact that people here appreciate the value of decentralisation and also can imagine from experience that a better system is possible than the relatively clumsy "let's just send copies and requests everywhere".
In the end I don't know. But I can see the decentralised social web being where cryptographic technology finds its mainstream landing (BlueSky, like I said, being an interesting space to watch as its the middle ground on that front).
I could try explaining in more accessible terms, if you like. I actually enjoy discussing this stuff but I don't want to derail the thread or sound like I'm evangelizing.
I think solutions like this are best handled entirely on the back end, the general user wouldn't even need to know a blockchain was involved. The blockchain would just be a data provider that the instance software is using behind the scenes to track stuff. Just like how a general user has no need to understand how the HTTPS protocol actually operates, they just point their web browser at an address and the technical details are handled behind the scenes.
If you wanna explain stuff ... go ahead! I'll read it! You may find yourself writing something that belongs in its own post (perhaps just in a technology community) which you can then link to here.