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Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative

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Re: Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative

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Post by dabluecaboose »

estebanabaroa wrote: post #20
dabluecaboose wrote: post #9

Is there any settings to not make it look like new reddit? If I was building a new site I wouldn't copy the godawful empty space design they forced on everyone

We have an imageboard interface https://plebchan.netlify.app/ and currently working on an old.reddit interface. Other interfaces that are planned are stackexchange, discourse and vbulletin. The protocol is completely open and the code open source. Anyone can make any number of interoperable interfaces.

Thanks for the info! I'm intrigued by the different interfaces for the same content. I'll definitely keep an eye on this when reddit dies in a couple weeks!

Re: Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative

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Post by estebanabaroa »

londons_explore wrote: post #27

Visually nice... Content is terrible... Speed is atrocious... Alas, I don't think it's yet ready for primetime. Is it fixable in a week?

>Alas, I don't think it's yet ready for primetime. Is it fixable in a week?

We are 4 devs working full time on it. In my estimate it should be pretty smooth in around 1 year. We should also have an old.reddit interface as well for people who hate the new interface.

Re: Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative

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Post by londons_explore »

Technically this project is very impressive...

But the user experience is terrible.

I think to have any success, you need to let the p2p features take a backseat, and build a lot of centralised content moderation tooling. You can plug the p2p bit into the centralized bit with a config URL for "List of allowed moderators" and have it default to a bunch of trusted people, who effectively have whitelist/blacklist/supervote abilities.

Then you need to populate it with a bunch of good content to start off with.

Re: Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative

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Post by zadler »

sosodev wrote: post #16

It's weird to use the name "plebbit" considering that's the derogatory term for Reddit used by 4chan folk. It's like begging for this to be a dumping ground for some of the worst human behaviors. Does the decentralized nature mean that illegal content can't be easily be removed?

Well, theyve been working on it for 2 years, you expect them to be normies?

Re: Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative

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Post by londons_explore »

estebanabaroa wrote: post #32
londons_explore wrote: post #27

Visually nice... Content is terrible... Speed is atrocious... Alas, I don't think it's yet ready for primetime. Is it fixable in a week?

>Alas, I don't think it's yet ready for primetime. Is it fixable in a week? We are 4 devs working full time on it. In my estimate it should be pretty smooth in around 1 year. We should also have an old.reddit interface as well for people who hate the new interface.

Who pays for your time? Or is this 3 years of free work?

Re: Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative

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Post by dang »

witheld wrote: post #15

The content you’ve linked really does a good job at showing how completely decentralized P2P social media is a terrible, terrible idea.

Please don't snarkily dismiss someone's work. If you want to contribute constructively, there are plenty of other ways to bring this point.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative

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Post by zadler »

estebanabaroa wrote: post #32
londons_explore wrote: post #27

Visually nice... Content is terrible... Speed is atrocious... Alas, I don't think it's yet ready for primetime. Is it fixable in a week?

>Alas, I don't think it's yet ready for primetime. Is it fixable in a week? We are 4 devs working full time on it. In my estimate it should be pretty smooth in around 1 year. We should also have an old.reddit interface as well for people who hate the new interface.

4 devs full time! How’d you swing that?

Re: Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative

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Post by AHOHA »

People are arguing about the contents, which is kind of shallow, it can be always managed in some way later. I’m more interested in the technicality, what’s the protocol, the architecture, how file are saved and served, encrypted? How about the minimum X to run the service, is it P2P as in all clients serve or only select few nodes? Who manages and operates these nodes? Is it a honeypot? Among others.

Regardless, It’s always good to see new concepts or alternatives sites, just like old days with forums.

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