2026-01-08 15:22:55

The Death of Shared Truth: Three Turning Points. Once upon a time, information gatekeepers controlled what the world knew. Then everything shifted. Around 2010, the internet went mainstream—suddenly anyone could publish anything, and the old guard lost their stranglehold on narrative. Fast forward to 2018, and social media became the primary channel for information spread. Speed replaced accuracy, algorithms replaced editors. Now, entering 2023 and beyond, a new wave of decentralized voices and grassroots movements is fragmenting consensus reality even further. We're not just losing gatekeepers anymore—we're losing the very concept of agreed-upon truth itself. Each community, each tribe, each pocket of the internet increasingly inhabits its own reality. In Web3 and crypto especially, this plays out daily: different truths for different holders, different narratives for different investors.

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EyeOfTheTokenStorm

· 01-11 13:21

Honestly, this article really hit home for me. This is exactly how it is in the crypto world—people holding more of a project claim the future is limitless, while bears keep talking it down. There has never been a unified truth. --- Web3 has pushed this issue to the extreme, with everyone saying their own thing, and anyone can find data to support their view. This isn't a problem; it's a feature. --- I also experienced the 2018 market rally. Back then, at least, there was consensus. Now? Algorithms have split perceptions, and the crypto community is even more divided within divisions. --- I'm a bit afraid that if this continues, once the truth dies, will the market still be able to operate stably? Or are we already living in our own illusions? --- From a quantitative model perspective, information fragmentation is already reflected in crypto price volatility—lack of consensus means volatility will only increase. This has become the new normal. --- So, these "official announcements" in the crypto world are now hardly trusted by anyone. People trust their own sources and analyses. It’s indeed chaotic, but also quite democratic?

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FreeMinter

· 01-11 01:50

Forget it, who still believes in the "truth" these days? Anyway, we're all living in our own information cocoons.

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