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Are the permissionless decentralized tools really not prepared for any level of throughput yet? Genuine question Are there any tools for hosting large volumes
by vmception 6y ago
Are the permissionless decentralized tools really not prepared for any level of throughput yet?
Genuine question
Are there any tools for hosting large volumes of user generated content in a decentralized permissionless way?
Even if you have to pare down the front end and reduce reliance on some infrastructure concepts, is there any way to do it right now?
- fooey 6y agoNot if you want anyone to actually use it or if you want to be able to monetize it.
- bawolff 6y agoHonestly they seem to have a captive audiance, who feel they are being censored. If anyone remotely mainstream could succesful transition to being hosted on tor, it could probably be them (not that tor is decentralized.)
- fooey 6y agoSocial media like Parler and Twitter are largely fueled by notoriety and attention though, so I don't think decentralized anonymity is a good fit for the audience.
- thinkmassive 6y agoGab is a fork of Mastodon and it’s still running
- riffic 6y agoGab doesn't federate with the rest of the activitypub ecosystem.
- wmf 6y agoAre the permissionless decentralized tools really not prepared for any level of throughput yet? Nope. Since Web browsers don't speak any fancy decentralized protocols you either need a centralized/censored gateway like ipfs.io or everyone has to install client software which kills adoption.
- cmeacham98 6y agoIsn't parler's primary userbase a phone app (i.e. client software)?
- wmf 6y agoNot any more, considering that their app was banned from iOS and Google Play.