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As a normal user, I have seen 0 reasons to switch off of Facebook here that I care about, and I don't even understand how it works.

geff82 8y ago
When you are part of this Community here at HN, you are no normal user, but, compared to most of the 7 billion other people, member of the tech elite, even when not in SV. As a member of that group, one should be a bit more open to new ideas, way of doing things and exploring where the world might move to. Currently, after years of ignorance, decentralized networks start to become a thing and now is the time to be one of the early explorers of that scene (similar to E-Mail in 1978, PC programming in 1982, net surfing in 1994, App programming in 2008). Sure, the fully surveilled, full commercial networks like Facebook or Twitter still offer a lot of use. But yet we as „tech elitists“ should not ignore the growing subcultural trend to decentralization.
- personjerry 8y ago
  Ok, as "a member of the tech elite", I still have no interest in joining this after reading the features and description, and have little understanding of what it is exactly (sure it's "decentralized" and "private", but even if I cared / believed it could deliver on these promises, these points have little meaning UX wise -- what the heck is it going to look like / use like on my phone?). I'm mainly making the point that their landing page has done a pretty bad job of explaining and selling the product.
mleland 8y ago
What would need to happen is that all of "my" friends would have to start using another service.
- balladeer 8y ago
  This is what I am struggling with after quitting WhatsApp 2 weeks ago. No one joined Matrix or even Telegram and the only people I can message now are the ones using an iOS device because of iMessage. Not even SMS - no one sends or replies to one.
  - fenwick67 8y ago
    Honestly that's on them if you send them an SMS and they don't reply.
chrischen 8y ago
Hacker news exists off of facebook. The fact that this “network” of users exists should be a testiment that communities can develop off of facebook.

geff82 8y ago

When you are part of this Community here at HN, you are no normal user, but, compared to most of the 7 billion other people, member of the tech elite, even when not in SV. As a member of that group, one should be a bit more open to new ideas, way of doing things and exploring where the world might move to. Currently, after years of ignorance, decentralized networks start to become a thing and now is the time to be one of the early explorers of that scene (similar to E-Mail in 1978, PC programming in 1982, net surfing in 1994, App programming in 2008). Sure, the fully surveilled, full commercial networks like Facebook or Twitter still offer a lot of use. But yet we as „tech elitists“ should not ignore the growing subcultural trend to decentralization.

personjerry 8y ago
Ok, as "a member of the tech elite", I still have no interest in joining this after reading the features and description, and have little understanding of what it is exactly (sure it's "decentralized" and "private", but even if I cared / believed it could deliver on these promises, these points have little meaning UX wise -- what the heck is it going to look like / use like on my phone?). I'm mainly making the point that their landing page has done a pretty bad job of explaining and selling the product.

mleland 8y ago

What would need to happen is that all of "my" friends would have to start using another service.

balladeer 8y ago
This is what I am struggling with after quitting WhatsApp 2 weeks ago. No one joined Matrix or even Telegram and the only people I can message now are the ones using an iOS device because of iMessage. Not even SMS - no one sends or replies to one.
- fenwick67 8y ago
  Honestly that's on them if you send them an SMS and they don't reply.

chrischen 8y ago

Hacker news exists off of facebook. The fact that this “network” of users exists should be a testiment that communities can develop off of facebook.