He makes an interesting observation: some of the most powerful features of Twitter as a protocol were invented by the community, not by devs. The @ in front of the name, the hash tag, the retweet. Invented by a non-dev, picked up and propagated by the users.

These examples make the case that I am trying to champion: web of trust must curate our digital tools of communication. It’s why I’m writing the tapestry protocol: to make this idea explicit and to prove that it is possible. 

Decentralized digital languages ftw.