After hard-avoiding social networks, I spent some time thinking about this problem when I wanted to share pictures of my kids. One of my requirements was priva

After hard-avoiding social networks, I spent some time thinking about this problem when I wanted to share pictures of my kids. One of my requirements was privacy, another was _not inventing a protocol_. I landed on RSS and built Haven[1], but I made the rookie mistake of putting my principles above usability. I want it to be hard-decentralized so everyone runs their own server--but nobody wants to run their own server. I still have vision for what Haven could be, and supporting self-hosting remains important but I think I'll end up with something like the Matrix/Element model where there is a (free?) centralized server you can use, or you can host your own with full interoperability. [1]: https://havenweb.org https://havenweb.org