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Not sure why this was donvoted. From a bird's eye view, the whole system looks remarkably similar to Usenet, especially in the old times of UUCP, back when syst

by vog 10y ago

Not sure why this was donvoted. From a bird's eye view, the whole system looks remarkably similar to Usenet, especially in the old times of UUCP, back when systems were mostly offline and had relatively short timespans to exchange information (via dial-up connection or similar). What's different now is that we have pleny of disk space, and more than enough computing power to perform proper cryptography.

zeveb 10y ago
Indeed, that's what I find exciting about the idea. I'm not keen on the implementation, which is built on npm & JavaScript, nor the protocol, which is built on JSON, but those might be worth it if we can restore some of the glory which was mid-90s Usenet, with security, privacy and accountability.
- AljoschaMeyer 10y ago
  Especially since the implementation details are not set in stone. Once the lower-level protocols start to stabilize, more efficient implementations will probably emerge.
Semiapies 10y ago
Agreed. The resemblance to Usenet and email are what I find especially intriguing.
thraway2016 10y ago
Probably the same reason that "slack == irc" and anti-systemd comments get heavily downvoted. Younger generations want badly to believe that they've invented something completely novel and unique. This absolutely is usenet + crypto.
- COMPUTERLOSER 10y ago
  And the same reason they think hackernews and their js 'frameworks' are special.
- Karunamon 10y ago
  The reason those comments get downvoted is because they are wrong. Anyone writing off slack as an IRC clone exhibits a very poor understanding of either system. Slack is similar to IRC in that they deliver text-based communication, but that's about it. The underlying protocols, features, and so forth are radically different. Most anti-systemd comments are similarly poorly thought out and articulated. This might be superficially usenet+crypto, but oftentimes things are more than the sum of their conceptual parents.

by vog 10y ago

zeveb 10y ago

Indeed, that's what I find exciting about the idea. I'm not keen on the implementation, which is built on npm & JavaScript, nor the protocol, which is built on JSON, but those might be worth it if we can restore some of the glory which was mid-90s Usenet, with security, privacy and accountability.

AljoschaMeyer 10y ago
Especially since the implementation details are not set in stone. Once the lower-level protocols start to stabilize, more efficient implementations will probably emerge.

Semiapies 10y ago

Agreed. The resemblance to Usenet and email are what I find especially intriguing.

thraway2016 10y ago

Probably the same reason that "slack == irc" and anti-systemd comments get heavily downvoted. Younger generations want badly to believe that they've invented something completely novel and unique. This absolutely is usenet + crypto.

COMPUTERLOSER 10y ago
And the same reason they think hackernews and their js 'frameworks' are special.
Karunamon 10y ago
The reason those comments get downvoted is because they are wrong. Anyone writing off slack as an IRC clone exhibits a very poor understanding of either system. Slack is similar to IRC in that they deliver text-based communication, but that's about it. The underlying protocols, features, and so forth are radically different. Most anti-systemd comments are similarly poorly thought out and articulated. This might be superficially usenet+crypto, but oftentimes things are more than the sum of their conceptual parents.