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Scuttlebutt is an open source p2p gossip network (no central servers) that includes clients that implement chat, blogging, git and github replacements, Shamir's

Scuttlebutt is an open source p2p gossip network (no central servers) that includes clients that implement chat, blogging, git and github replacements, Shamir's Secret sharing (splitting up a secret by encrypting it so that a number of your friends are needed to decrypt, via Dark Crystal [https://darkcrystal.pw/] https://darkcrystal.pw/]), games and probably more that I am forgetting. You could easily place your public keys in your user profile.

Aachen 6y ago
Just looked in the repository, looks like there is an app for it on f-droid. Do you have experience with Manyverse / would you recommend it? app https://f-droid.org/app/se.manyver https://f-droid.org/app/se.manyver / website https://www.manyver.se/ https://www.manyver.se/
- m52go 6y ago
  I've downloaded Manyverse from F-Droid so many times, hoping to finally use it for real...but I never could. I was particularly excited recently when an iOS app was released. If you have a really close group of techy friends who don't mind hiccups and tinkering and don't mind a strictly non-private social medium, maybe it could work. However, if you're trying to use it with normies, you might be disappointed. Private messages don't work at all, in my experience. Syncing with a pub server takes a couple of restarts, and there is no indicator in the GUI that any syncing is happening, so the user is left guessing. I have nothing but respect for Andre Staltz and all the dedication and work that he and others have put into the app (and ecosystem) but, at least for me, it's just not quite there yet.
  - Aachen 6y ago
    Sad to hear but thanks for the info!
  - 627467 6y ago
    I'm only a recent user of SSB, many of the problems you describe seems related to the inherent nature of the protocol making it hard to onboard (ie. You almost always would need access to a pub to connect to the first few users). On iOS you could try https://planetary.social/ https://planetary.social/
- nanomonkey 6y ago
  I mainly use it on my laptop only, I try and keep my cellphone free of distractions. For that it's been no worse than any other open source project, a few hiccups at time, some technical know how is useful. I'd suggest downloading it with a few people that are all on the same wifi so that you can find each other, and perhaps set up a pub if you don't know someone that is already apart of the network, as bootstrapping is from nothing is slow going.
efreak 6y ago
I tried looking up Dark Crystal, but the link doesn't work and neither does search results. Do you have any more into?
- nanomonkey 6y ago
  https://darkcrystal.pw https://darkcrystal.pw

Aachen 6y ago

Just looked in the repository, looks like there is an app for it on f-droid. Do you have experience with Manyverse / would you recommend it? app https://f-droid.org/app/se.manyver https://f-droid.org/app/se.manyver / website https://www.manyver.se/ https://www.manyver.se/

m52go 6y ago
I've downloaded Manyverse from F-Droid so many times, hoping to finally use it for real...but I never could. I was particularly excited recently when an iOS app was released. If you have a really close group of techy friends who don't mind hiccups and tinkering and don't mind a strictly non-private social medium, maybe it could work. However, if you're trying to use it with normies, you might be disappointed. Private messages don't work at all, in my experience. Syncing with a pub server takes a couple of restarts, and there is no indicator in the GUI that any syncing is happening, so the user is left guessing. I have nothing but respect for Andre Staltz and all the dedication and work that he and others have put into the app (and ecosystem) but, at least for me, it's just not quite there yet.
- Aachen 6y ago
  Sad to hear but thanks for the info!
- 627467 6y ago
  I'm only a recent user of SSB, many of the problems you describe seems related to the inherent nature of the protocol making it hard to onboard (ie. You almost always would need access to a pub to connect to the first few users). On iOS you could try https://planetary.social/ https://planetary.social/
nanomonkey 6y ago
I mainly use it on my laptop only, I try and keep my cellphone free of distractions. For that it's been no worse than any other open source project, a few hiccups at time, some technical know how is useful. I'd suggest downloading it with a few people that are all on the same wifi so that you can find each other, and perhaps set up a pub if you don't know someone that is already apart of the network, as bootstrapping is from nothing is slow going.

efreak 6y ago

I tried looking up Dark Crystal, but the link doesn't work and neither does search results. Do you have any more into?

nanomonkey 6y ago
https://darkcrystal.pw https://darkcrystal.pw