Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
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Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
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Re: Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
#2What I'd like to see is a model where you a federated network of moderated groups. Something like Discord except more micro-blog than chat and where you can see popular posts of sister/brother servers, very popular posts on cousin servers and so-forth. Basically, a filter-tree keeping things reasonable and creating groups of folks with some relation to each other.
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#3What I'd like to see is a model where you a federated network of moderated groups. Something like Discord except more micro-blog than chat and where you can see popular posts of sister/brother servers, very popular posts on cousin servers and so-forth. Basically, a filter-tree keeping things reasonable and creating groups of folks with some relation to each other.
Decentralised group chat communication seems like it would work very well as the future model of social networking. Content online could spread organically instead of the surveillance panopticon telling us exactly what we want to hear.
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#4I care about Free Speech.
But most people don't.
In order for a protocol to be successful, it must bridge that gap.
That's what we've already done, gotten 15Million monthly active users onto GUN's network ( https://github.com/amark/gun ), by focusing on value add - whether people are idealistic or don't care, they're still using it.
This is how protocols will grow. Stay true to your values, but ship value add.
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#5Disclosure: I work on Tree Notation (https://treenotation.org).
Our open source non profit lab is helping dozens of companies and groups develop new, simpler, better protocols for all sorts of domains on top of tree notation. If you are interested and we can help you, feel free to reach out.
Re: Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
#6What I'd like to see is a model where you a federated network of moderated groups. Something like Discord except more micro-blog than chat and where you can see popular posts of sister/brother servers, very popular posts on cousin servers and so-forth. Basically, a filter-tree keeping things reasonable and creating groups of folks with some relation to each other.
Decentralised group chat communication seems like it would work very well as the future model of social networking. Content online could spread organically instead of the surveillance panopticon telling us exactly what we want to hear.
You might dig: https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork
Re: Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
#7I've said this 1000 times, but garbage like Facebook or Twitter could be replaced overnight by a protocol. There is really zero reason it couldn't be built from existing distributed tooling, be secure and just as useful without lizard people getting in the way.
Re: Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
#8I care about Free Speech. But most people don't. In order for a protocol to be successful, it must bridge that gap. That's what we've already done, gotten 15Million monthly active users onto GUN's network ( https://github.com/amark/gun ), by focusing on value add - whether people are idealistic or don't care, they're still using it. This is how protocols will grow. Stay true to your values, but ship value add.
I'm not sure exactly what this is, but looks very interesting. I'm going to dive a little deeper. Thanks for sharing.
Re: Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
#9I've said this 1000 times, but garbage like Facebook or Twitter could be replaced overnight by a protocol. There is really zero reason it couldn't be built from existing distributed tooling, be secure and just as useful without lizard people getting in the way.
> I've said this 1000 times, but garbage like Facebook or Twitter could be replaced overnight by a protocol.
No, it couldn't, and saying it more won't make it any more true. That is, sure, you can design a protocol that supports manpy of the same basic functions (and such protocols exist already), but centralized governance is ultimately part of what people want, or at least essential to stop a social network into degrading into what people don't want.
Re: Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
#10I've said this 1000 times, but garbage like Facebook or Twitter could be replaced overnight by a protocol. There is really zero reason it couldn't be built from existing distributed tooling, be secure and just as useful without lizard people getting in the way.
> I've said this 1000 times, but garbage like Facebook or Twitter could be replaced overnight by a protocol. No, it couldn't, and saying it more won't make it any more true. That is, sure, you can design a protocol that supports manpy of the same basic functions (and such protocols exist already), but centralized governance is ultimately part of what people want, or at least essential to stop a social network into de…
why not?
it certainly is technically feasable