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Re: $1M to build decentralized social networks

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Post by hunter2_ »

lyra_comms wrote: post #13

Decentralised social networks are a bad idea. Communication tools need to be inclusive and open to everyone, especially laypeople. Decentralised tools and blockchain turn off non-techies, and are overkill for the social networking problem.

People use decentralized things all the time without a problem. Email, for example. They can use a shim like Gmail, decide one day they hate it, switch to something else, and still email everyone in roughly the same way without convincing all those people to migrate somewhere simultaneously.

Re: $1M to build decentralized social networks

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Post by overcast »

gitgud wrote: post #28
overcast wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did stop using them, years ago. YouTube I tolerate because I disable comments. Reddit is a cesspool.

Disable viewing them on other videos? or allowing others to comment on your videos?

I have a comment blocker enabled on all sites, with exceptions like HN. Much more pleasant experience.

Re: $1M to build decentralized social networks

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Post by sethev »

The big problems in social media are already decentralized. Tribalism (also termed as filter bubbles), the spread of false information, and outrage as a mechanism of virality all originate with people in a distributed fashion.

Facebook selling ads based on demographics is centralized but it seems to me like a small part of what's messed up about social networks.

Re: $1M to build decentralized social networks

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Post by swalsh »

franzpeterstein wrote: post #19

Nobody needs a social network anymore, whether it is decentralized (Mastodon, Diaspora) or centralized (Facebook, Twitter). I think the social media bubble burst a long time ago and we just didn't realize it. I also have a Mastodon account, but used it only for a short time. I speak now only for myself personally, social networks bore me quite and I have no more interest to sign up somewhere.

I live 2000 miles away from my parents. I have 2 kids, my parents LOVE the small insights they get into their grandkids lives that happen on social media.

I could lose the no win political debates, the self-aggrandizing from my friends, the memes, but seeing my friends kids grow, my parents seeing my kids grow. That's cool.

Re: $1M to build decentralized social networks

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Post by wesleytodd »

cponeill wrote: post #27
faizshah wrote: post #15

This blockstack architecture is pretty interesting, but I wish it didn't have a Token attached: https://blockstack.org/whitepaper.pdf Anyone know of a similar decentralized DNS platform and allows users to 'own' their personal data without an attached ICO?

Not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for but I just stumbled upon the Dat project myself. https://datproject.org/

You should also check out Beaker Browser. It is a browser built around the dat protocol. Really great community and even has a few decentralized social networks already.

https://beakerbrowser.com/

Re: $1M to build decentralized social networks

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Post by EGreg »

It exists now, today. Use it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ1O_gmPneI

It is simply a platform on top of the Web same as Wordpress, that anyone can install. It can even run on local wireless mesh networks.

Oh and it’s totally Free and Open Source and any community or startup can use it to build apps to put in the store.

https://github.com/Qbix/Platform

Contact me if you’re interested to be involved, or just have a question about how to get started. (Greg+hn, the at sign, then qbix.com)

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