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I wish there was a decentralized scalable version of Twitter, Facebook, Youtube. It would run off our mobile devices and PC sort of like bitorrent. I am aware

by f430 6y ago

I wish there was a decentralized scalable version of Twitter, Facebook, Youtube. It would run off our mobile devices and PC sort of like bitorrent. I am aware of webtorrent (web based torrenting p2p) for videos and such but still nothing in production. IMHO, the next person that comes up with a highly scalable, decentralized, widely distributed mesh network of devices to securely transfer files between peers will not be a rich man but he would be a hero, I personally would donate a large chunk of money just to keep it afloat for others. Sort of like a "public funded public utility" software.

luto 6y ago
twitter: https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ youtube: https://joinpeertube.org/ https://joinpeertube.org/ The fediverse checks many of the boxes you mentioned. While I personally enjoy using it, it still lacks usability for many people, I think.
- j-james 6y ago
  facebook: https://pleroma.social/ https://pleroma.social/ instagram: https://pixelfed.org/ https://pixelfed.org/ blogger: https://write.as/ https://write.as/ soundcloud: https://funkwhale.audio/ https://funkwhale.audio/ At the end of the day, though, the Fediverse is just like any other social network - most people join because their friends or people they know have.
  - f430 6y ago
    What if you could use the existing Facebook, Youtube, Instagram clients and seamlessly be connected to both the "centralized content from FANG" and "decentralized content from FEDIVERSE" ? If your content gets censored it would be archived on the fallback fediverse, therefore neutralizing their ban hammer?
    - j-james 6y ago
      That'd be very cool, but you then run into the data collection issues of all of those platforms. Many Fediverse users aren't so much concerned with being censored by Big Tech as they are with being hit with targeted advertising. Really, I'd be happy with a way to seamlessly follow friends / public figures that are on FANG + Twitter, even if it's a one way road.
Helloworldboy 6y ago
It would immediately be deleted by apple and google for going against the narrative and threatening existing social media financially.
talhah 6y ago
The scuttleverse [1] comes to mind when you mention this. It allows for creating a decentralized mesh network with communication between each node end to end encrypted. It's able to operate off the grid and allows communication through Lan, Bluetooth etc. Happens to also work offline as the content is stored on your device and any posts you make sync up with others later. I'm not sure about the scalability of it though. It's also available on mobile [2]. [1] https://scuttlebutt.nz https://scuttlebutt.nz [2] https://www.manyver.se https://www.manyver.se

by f430 6y ago

luto 6y ago

twitter: https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ youtube: https://joinpeertube.org/ https://joinpeertube.org/ The fediverse checks many of the boxes you mentioned. While I personally enjoy using it, it still lacks usability for many people, I think.

j-james 6y ago
facebook: https://pleroma.social/ https://pleroma.social/ instagram: https://pixelfed.org/ https://pixelfed.org/ blogger: https://write.as/ https://write.as/ soundcloud: https://funkwhale.audio/ https://funkwhale.audio/ At the end of the day, though, the Fediverse is just like any other social network - most people join because their friends or people they know have.
- f430 6y ago
  What if you could use the existing Facebook, Youtube, Instagram clients and seamlessly be connected to both the "centralized content from FANG" and "decentralized content from FEDIVERSE" ? If your content gets censored it would be archived on the fallback fediverse, therefore neutralizing their ban hammer?
  - j-james 6y ago
    That'd be very cool, but you then run into the data collection issues of all of those platforms. Many Fediverse users aren't so much concerned with being censored by Big Tech as they are with being hit with targeted advertising. Really, I'd be happy with a way to seamlessly follow friends / public figures that are on FANG + Twitter, even if it's a one way road.

Helloworldboy 6y ago

It would immediately be deleted by apple and google for going against the narrative and threatening existing social media financially.

talhah 6y ago

The scuttleverse [1] comes to mind when you mention this. It allows for creating a decentralized mesh network with communication between each node end to end encrypted. It's able to operate off the grid and allows communication through Lan, Bluetooth etc. Happens to also work offline as the content is stored on your device and any posts you make sync up with others later. I'm not sure about the scalability of it though. It's also available on mobile [2]. [1] https://scuttlebutt.nz https://scuttlebutt.nz [2] https://www.manyver.se https://www.manyver.se