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The Social Smolnet

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Re: The Social Smolnet

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Post by janalsncm »

> with blogs and email, we already had a decentralized social network

I’ve been using this social network lately. As someone whose inbox is mainly a dumping ground for receipts and confirmation emails, it feels kind of transgressive to write to and receive emails from a human being.

I have a blog and I thought about adding a comment section for substantive discussion. But that’s way more complexity, and lowers the bar for useless comments. Instead, I let other platforms handle it. And if people want to email me directly, they can and have.

Re: The Social Smolnet

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Post by bttmchnd »

This idea is fascinatingly similar to Dokieli[1], an obscure and barely adopted social frontend previously for ActivityPub protocol, and now for Solid[2]. It's pretty much the same, sans Email: you browse the Web, and if you want interact with some site, you launch Dokieli interface to comment, share, make annotations etc.

[1] https://dokie.li [2] https://solidproject.org/

Re: The Social Smolnet

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Post by m463 »

"SmolNet, or Smallnet, is a movement focused on small-scale internet networking that promotes low-resource servers and user communities, serving as a counter to the centralized and bloated nature of the World Wide Web. It includes alternative protocols like Gemini and Gopher, emphasizing simplicity and community engagement."

Re: The Social Smolnet

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Post by ipaddr »

SoftTalker wrote: post #6
TimFogarty wrote: post #4

> The biggest lesson I take is that "social networks" are not about protocols but about how we use the existing infrastructure. It's also not about scale and breadth. Focused social networks around niches can be a breath of fresh air compared to the social behemoths. I joined a couple of more targeted social networks recently and it seems like there's a far more positive community when people have a shared interest.…

> there's a far more positive community when people have a shared interest Even old fashioned web forums and email listservs are still thriving in some niches and work this way. I think reddit fails here because it's too frictionless. Requiring a little bit of intentional action to join or subscribe keeps out a surprising amount of drive-by trolls. HN is pretty big now and has its share of trolls and bots but because…

How does reddit use social media accounts?

Re: The Social Smolnet

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Post by theshrike79 »

ipaddr wrote: post #16
SoftTalker wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> there's a far more positive community when people have a shared interest Even old fashioned web forums and email listservs are still thriving in some niches and work this way. I think reddit fails here because it's too frictionless. Requiring a little bit of intentional action to join or subscribe keeps out a surprising amount of drive-by trolls. HN is pretty big now and has its share of trolls and bots but because…

How does reddit use social media accounts?

You can log in/sign up with existing social media oauth credentials and don't need a "reddit account"
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