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Post by Cushman » Sat, May 23, 2015, 6:47 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #2

How can it be 'decentralized' if it runs on a specific domain? That's just another slashdot, who for all intents and purposes also do not censor anything, and reddit, who censor very very rarely and try to avoid it at all costs.

> Our devotion to this goal is further accentuated by our Public Legal License, which stipulates that all the content on Frizbee is in the public domain, making us as a governing entity irresponsible for its propagation.

Well, whatever it is, I guess being "decentralized" exempts you from copyright law.

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Post by jiayo » Sat, May 23, 2015, 6:48 PM UTC

> "Hi. Welcome to Frizbee. We don't censor or track you."

If you're so concerned about tracking, then why is Ghostery blocking "Facebook Connect" and "Facebook Custom Audience"?

Frizbee's "privacy policy" is:

> "Frizbee never collects or shares personal data. Even your email isn't asked for, and the only token we store for identification are the first 6 digits of your IP address. Furthermore, we recommend those under the age of 13 not to visit this website."

This is in violation of Facebook's terms, e.g.:

> "Obtain adequate consent from people before using any Facebook technology that allows us to collect and process data about them, including for example, our SDKs and browser pixels. When you use such technology, disclose to people in your privacy policy that you are enabling us to collect and process data about them."

(edit: What if my IP address is 4.5.6.7?)

(edit 2: In the 3 minutes since I posted this, the Facebook tracker has been removed.)

(edit 3: Any site that claims "we put a big focus on privacy" should be HTTPS-only.)

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Post by osxrand » Sat, May 23, 2015, 6:49 PM UTC

The cart animations zoom the page in and out on my iPad, really annoying. When zoomed out I can only see the first story, zoomed in its all just white below the animations.

Viewing landscape and nothing but letting the page load. Mobile safari.

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Post by ColinWright » Sat, May 23, 2015, 6:51 PM UTC

So I've clicked on a title that looked interesting and get taken to another list of titles. How do I actually read the article?

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Post by fyquah95 » Sat, May 23, 2015, 6:51 PM UTC

How does decentralization work in the site? Where are the contents stored if not a centralized server?

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Post by rhaps0dy » Sat, May 23, 2015, 6:51 PM UTC

I thought this would be a p2p news aggregator.

It is not.

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Sat, May 23, 2015, 6:52 PM UTC

motbob wrote: post #3

What demographic are you expecting to draw from reddit?

lolbertarians

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Post by ubersync » Sat, May 23, 2015, 6:52 PM UTC

How is this decentralized?

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Post by ColinWright » Sat, May 23, 2015, 6:52 PM UTC

frizbee wrote: post #19

neuigkeiten wrote: post #18

My experience on the site: 1) I click on "write a post". Hmm.. no list that matches what i want to post. 2) So I click on "Full List". Nothing happens. 3) I want to go back with the back button. The back button does not work. That is it. Dudes.. I appreciate your fancy animations and that you do a decentralized whatever. But what I would like even more: if stuff works!

Sorry there! I honestly didn't expect this post to get this much attention on Hacker News, and the product is still in development, but I'll get right to it!

Test of Frizbee's functionality? You wrote it!

Test of Hacker News' functionality? Why submit something that's not really working at all?

I look forward to returning when it works.

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Post by makeitsuckless » Sat, May 23, 2015, 6:52 PM UTC

When I see the combination of "reddit alternative" and "no censorship", I see yet another attempt at creating a free haven for any kind of racist, sexist and generally bigoted abuse.

Which will always fail because a) that free haven already exists and called "the internet" and b) the target audience only thrive in places like Reddit, where they can troll, provoke, hurt and yet portray themselves as the oppressed victims whenever someone tells them to fuck off.