Your distinction aligns with Moxie's point that most people do not want to run their own servers. Web 2 made user-generated content easier, so more people used it.
> "user-generated content [...] is dead for several years now"
I don't think that is true at all, see the rise of Youtube creators, Twitter influencers, TikTok etc. Regardless of web3, I believe we are moving more into the "creator economy" and away from centralised news media (a single-digit number of news sources everyone listens to).
> "user-generated content [...] is dead for several years now"
I don't think that is true at all, see the rise of Youtube creators, Twitter influencers, TikTok etc. Regardless of web3, I believe we are moving more into the "creator economy" and away from centralised news media (a single-digit number of news sources everyone listens to).