A: Hey there! What's up?
B: Just chilling, what's new with you?
A: Oh, so I heard something interesting from Alexis Ohanian about the internet! Turns out, a lot of it isn't even humans - it's bots! Crazy right?
B: No way! That's wild. So, what are they doing about it?
A: Well, Kevin Rose and Alexis teamed up to create a new kind of social platform where it will be easier to tell who's real online. They bought an old site called Digg, and now they're making it so people can connect in communities just like Reddit but with some changes.
B: Changes? Like what?
A: Yeah! So they want to make smaller, trusted communities where you know there's a human on the other side. They're also looking at using math stuff called ZK proof to verify people. It doesn't expose who someone is but can prove they're important for the community.
B: That sounds cool! But I still don't get why it's important to verify people in a social platform.
A: Well, they think that with technology getting cheaper, bots will become hard to tell apart from humans. So they want to make sure there are real people in the community and not just bots pretending to be human.
B: Hmm... I see. They also believe moderators should have more control over their communities, right?
A: Exactly! And they think moderators should get paid for their efforts too because they're creating value for the platform. Plus, they don't want people to feel uncomfortable with verification methods like facial recognition or credit card stuff.
B: That sounds like a good idea. I hope it works out for them!