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I've started using Scuttlebutt recently (A decentralized social network, setup guide at https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/) and it's surpri
by TimJRobinson 9y ago
I've started using Scuttlebutt recently (A decentralized social network, setup guide at https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/) and it's surprisingly good.
It's mostly geeks on there, and it'll still be a few years before my Mum can use it, but that's the way I like it. Facebook is mostly just a photo feed of what I'm up to for my family now.
- codingdave 9y agoThat is exactly my fear - that people will use this as an opportunity to try to jump in and literally become the next Facebook. Not that I am opposed to a replacement... I even put together a design myself to avoid the problems we've learned in the last 10 years. But I'm not building it -- because unless it is a service that is paid, open-source, and easy enough for Grandma to use, the realities of operating such a beast are going to drive it off-course.
- lifty 9y agoScuttlebutt is open source and peer to peer, but not paid, because there is no one to pay. I recently joined, although I knew about it for a long time, and I was pleasantly surprised on how well it works. The communities have a very nice feel as well, like IRC had in the 90s.