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whimful

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    Comment #16276031

    If you want to check out the deep end, here's some writing which captures some of the _vibe_ of the community building this sociotechnical space https://coolguy.website/writing/the…

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    Comment #16275967

    There are many apps built on Scuttlebutt (the p2p database/ protocol Patchwork is built on) Check them out here : https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/applications.html That site also has a …

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    Comment #16275933

    good idea, #somebodyshould implement it! If you're familiar with terminal, you can start the app, connect to a pub, have a play, and when you want to reset _everything_ including y…

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    Comment #16275898

    Some of the code you might be interested is _in_ scuttlebutt, as in there's a git implementation that lives in this p2p database / network. It's called git-ssb, and it has a github…

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    Comment #16275839

    it's like federation, but at the level of a user. Much easier to set up, much easier to curate / moderate what you want to see. There's still emergent community in the space, it's …

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    Comment #15951392

    scuttlebutt is my main social media these days... oh and in case you're looking for git that's not wedded to github via your comments and issues, scuttlebutt plays really well with…

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    Comment #14054587

    horcrux! also found here : https://www.npmjs.com/package/ssb-horcrux The part which splits your key is now automated and part of Patchbay. I'll build the resurrection part when som…

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    Comment #12280968

    that's pretty much it. You store a copy of your world of content out to 2 degrees of connection. Messages are gossiped along lines of trust (friendship)... technically it doesn't e…

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    Comment #11148753

    you might like to check out secure-scuttlebutt : http://ssbc.github.io/scuttlebot/ it's a gossip based network / database. Check out our first active app : http://github.com/ssbc/p…

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    Comment #8728512

    apologies, DNS hickup, try www.loomio.org

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    Comment #8728509

    SEEKING WORK - Rails / AngularJS, Full Team, New Zealand (remote) Approach: Agile + strong Design/UX focus Experience: - open-source: https://loom.io , http://cobudget.co - commerc…

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    Comment #7591020

    groups can set their own threshold for entry. one option is manual approval where the applicants email is visible to coordinators and the applicant supplies an introduction. simple…

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    Comment #7591019

    for auth at the moment we have (in no particular order): google, facebook, persona

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    Comment #7591000

    it's an interesting approach. I would be interested to see whether world-politics is capable of generating and addressing a range of diverse perspectives. in my experience, without…

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    Comment #7590991

    good to know, we're on cloudflare, and do have caching in place. were there any pages in particular that were slow?

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    Comment #7590984

    appreciate your skepticism, thanks for sharing that. for some context, Loomio is a bootstrapped startup that, though unlike many startups we're not selling equity nor selling adver…

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    Comment #7377048

    I work on we've got amazing feedback from a huge range of collaborative projects, from community bookstores to linux distros. happy to answer questions if anyone has any

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    Comment #6767402

    if anyone wants to pick our brains, let us know