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The interface could be just like Twitter or Hacker News. In fact, users could use any service they like. It would not matter what client you use to reply to m
by Timja 4y ago
The interface could be just like Twitter or Hacker News.
In fact, users could use any service they like.
It would not matter what client you use to reply to me. Your reply would appear on Hacker News, because HN would follow the protocol and accept properly signed comments relayed to it.
- dd36 4y agoIt already exists: newsgroups.
- augustuspolius 4y agoThe messages would still need to be stored somewhere, right? Is SMTP a decentralized protocol in this sense? You can send a message from any client... however most people still use centralized solutions, not their own mail servers. In your example HN would still need to retrieve and store billions of messages, handle user authentication, discovery, aggregation, additional data handling (e.g. you want to attach a video, or go live). They will need to monetize _something_. So we are back to square one, just with a much more inconvenient client setup process (like we do right now setting up pop3/smtp/imap).
- holler 4y agoWhat incentive would Twitter or Hacker News have to support the protocol?