> What problem are they solving? That facebook and twitter can delete and alter your messages? that using those services for one's communications places too mu

> What problem are they solving? That facebook and twitter can delete and alter your messages? that using those services for one's communications places too much power in the hands of centralized authority. (I speak just for myself here). https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/stories/design-challenge-avoid-centralization-and-singletons.html https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/stories/design-challenge-avoid-ce... > Meanwhile I'm in search of a long-range, wireless communication system that can function like a network without the need of an ISP. Anyone know anything about this? On SSB we have discussed doing gossip connections over long-range wireless connections: https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/%2547H0BQQHAXvvqf8K3ngdeMtAHQdPYU0qH0giuL7FKFY%3D.sha256 https://viewer.scuttlebot.io/%2547H0BQQHAXvvqf8K3ngdeMtAHQdP... Of course if you are looking for a network in a more traditional sense, something lower-level may be more appropriate.