Comment by @qingisdead • Hey
"what is ownership without the right to remove it" is an awesome question and one that i haven't considered since becoming web3 native
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- I think we have to accept that once digital content is made public, there is no going back. That's not the issue Lens (and Web3) is trying to solve. The best we can do is use cryptography and encryption to provide control of access, and proof of provenance/possession. Lens is really good at that.
You may own a car, but it can be seized if you break the law. Does that mean you don't truly own it? No, because your ownership can be proven by trusted third parties, and that ownership entitles you to certain rights and protections under those same laws. Blockchain removes the need to use trusted third parties for proof of ownership, and removes the ability for your assets to be seized, even if you break the law. 😉
- It’s good question, and definitely got me thinking. If asked in the context of digital content on social media, it makes me wonder if when we “remove” content from centralized web services (ie. delete a post on fb, x, IG) is the content actually purged from the server, or just hidden from the public facing UI? I always assumed it remained on the server in some capacity for whatever legal obligations the company might have.
An analogy to this on Lens would be the “Delete” function on Hey (or equivalents on other apps). As the owner of the publication, I still have the right to remove it from the public facing UI, even though it remains onchain. Personally I’d rather have the data remaining in a blockchain transaction/ decentralized storage, than on a private server I have no access to.