Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative

Post by Semaphor » Tue, Jun 06, 2023, 5:06 AM UTC

shakna wrote: post #88

dom96 wrote: post #62

Every time I see social media recreated in a decentralised fashion I realise why the successful ones are centralised. The loading times of this are dreadful and I don't see how you'll be able to solve that problem when you're relying on P2P. In any case, it sounds like we'll be getting many new Reddit clones so I may as well plug what I've built recently: a Reddit alternative API that is free. Check it out if you're…

I don't really find Mastodon that slow. I do think it's got a lot, lot of sharp edges that need smoothing out before it's really viable. But speed isn't a problem, and it's decentralised.

Post by dumpsterlid » Tue, Jun 06, 2023, 5:24 AM UTC

warkdarrior wrote: post #122

shakna wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't really find Mastodon that slow. I do think it's got a lot, lot of sharp edges that need smoothing out before it's really viable. But speed isn't a problem, and it's decentralised.

Mastodon is not P2P/decentralized, it's federated.

Post by RobotToaster » Tue, Jun 06, 2023, 5:30 AM UTC

throw_m239339 wrote: post #56

RobotToaster wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's stopping a determined spammer paying for accounts?

> What's stopping a determined spammer paying for accounts? Paid accounts adds a significant overhead to the spamming. Spammers just don't spam for the sake of it, they want to sell people something, legal or not. It's one thing to buy millions of spam accounts for $100 on the dark web. It's another to have to spend $5 bucks a month per account on millions of accounts...

Post by RobotToaster » Tue, Jun 06, 2023, 5:33 AM UTC

estebanabaroa wrote: post #60

RobotToaster wrote: post #49

So do you get a captcha every time you vote? that's quite annoying.

soon we will add the ability for the community owners to let users bypass challenges if they have X amount of karma or account age.

Post by RobotToaster » Tue, Jun 06, 2023, 5:38 AM UTC

George83728 wrote: post #64

Diti wrote: post #23

Not compatible with the fediverse? I’ll stay on Lemmy.

Is it true that Lemmy censors casual profanity like "bitch"? I first heard of Lemmy a few days ago, in the context of somebody dismissing it because it allegedly performs such censorship.