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Build a new Web w/o Google.

EGreg 3y ago
We have been doing it! Join us! It isn’t perfect but we are ahead of most others (Mastodon, Matrix). We have spent TWELVE YEARS building the free, permissionless open source platform for anyone to assemble and host their own community software with all the features of Facebook/Twitter/TikTok for their own community: https://github.com/Qbix/Platform https://github.com/Qbix/Platform We are about to roll out version 2.0 — I have never done this before but I would like to invite whoever wants to learn about it or build on it, to a Zoom webinar where I will demo anything and answer any questions. Starting in Q3 this year all the webinars will take place on our own platform — no Calendly, no Zoom, no Google, just the free open Web. Anyway, sign up here if you want. Will do it every Sunday throughout August: https://calendly.com/qbix/qbix-2-0-platform-demo https://calendly.com/qbix/qbix-2-0-platform-demo Whether you’re a developer, a businessperson, or just want to learn about the latest technologies moving the Free Open Source Web forward, this platform can help empower you to build and engage a community around yourself and your projects.
- Dah00n 3y ago
  Interesting, if it isn't US based and if it isn't using US politics as a guideline (like banning russian patches). I have lost a big part of my former trust and want for writing OSS this last few months and one thing I have learned is that if those two can't be answered with a resounding no it is a project I won't ever contemplate even though I'm neither American nor Russian.
  - EGreg 3y ago
    Unless banning Russian patches is somehow required by US law, why would we ban Russian patches? https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/5/22215588/github-iran-sanction-exemption-license-granted-us-treasury-microsoft https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/5/22215588/github-iran-sanct... As a side note, many people on our development team that has worked with us since 2013 have spoken Russian, coming from Ukraine, Armenia, Russia, etc. Many of them continue to work together despite the war their governments are conducting. We are for empowering people uniting communities around the world, and are pretty critical of government overreach: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35656705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35656705 https://community.qbix.com/t/transparency-in-government/234 https://community.qbix.com/t/transparency-in-government/234 https://qbix.com/blog/2021/01/15/open-source-communities/ https://qbix.com/blog/2021/01/15/open-source-communities/ If that appeals to you, the lowest hanging fruit is just joining the community and introducing yourself: https://community.qbix.com/ https://community.qbix.com/
    - Dah00n 3y ago
      Well, I can't give you a rational answer since it is irrational in my opinion, but denying patches from Russians and Russian companies happen, including on the Linux Kernel mailing list: https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/21/russian_foss_contributions_blocked/ https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/21/russian_foss_contribu... But thank you for your reply.
- mikecoles 3y ago
  I think the github link is an Andrew Yang campaign site.
  - EGreg 3y ago
    The link above is an introduction to the Qbix Platform, which you can download and try out, if you want to rather easily build your own community, that has more advanced features than Mastodon or Matrix.
- dschuetz 3y ago
  > It isn’t perfect but we are ahead of most others (Mastodon, Matrix). We have spent TWELVE YEARS building the free, permissionless open source platform for anyone to assemble and host their own community software with all the features of Facebook/Twitter/TikTok for their own community Why are you using Github then?
  - EGreg 3y ago
    Why are we using Hacker News? Go post on https://community.qbix.com/ https://community.qbix.com/ that is powered by Discourse, a fellow open source company doing good work, and that we are integrated with Why using calendly, zoom, and google? Well, as I said, we haven't launched Qbix Platform 2.0 to everyone worldwide yet. This is if you want to get involved pre-launch. We dogfood our own stuff, but we also interoperate with everything else out there, such as Discourse (https://qbix.com/ecosystem https://qbix.com/ecosystem for example incorporates it), Zoom, Google, Facebook, etc.

We have been doing it! Join us! It isn’t perfect but we are ahead of most others (Mastodon, Matrix). We have spent TWELVE YEARS building the free, permissionless open source platform for anyone to assemble and host their own community software with all the features of Facebook/Twitter/TikTok for their own community: https://github.com/Qbix/Platform https://github.com/Qbix/Platform We are about to roll out version 2.0 — I have never done this before but I would like to invite whoever wants to learn about it or build on it, to a Zoom webinar where I will demo anything and answer any questions. Starting in Q3 this year all the webinars will take place on our own platform — no Calendly, no Zoom, no Google, just the free open Web. Anyway, sign up here if you want. Will do it every Sunday throughout August: https://calendly.com/qbix/qbix-2-0-platform-demo https://calendly.com/qbix/qbix-2-0-platform-demo Whether you’re a developer, a businessperson, or just want to learn about the latest technologies moving the Free Open Source Web forward, this platform can help empower you to build and engage a community around yourself and your projects.

Dah00n 3y ago
Interesting, if it isn't US based and if it isn't using US politics as a guideline (like banning russian patches). I have lost a big part of my former trust and want for writing OSS this last few months and one thing I have learned is that if those two can't be answered with a resounding no it is a project I won't ever contemplate even though I'm neither American nor Russian.
- EGreg 3y ago
  Unless banning Russian patches is somehow required by US law, why would we ban Russian patches? https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/5/22215588/github-iran-sanction-exemption-license-granted-us-treasury-microsoft https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/5/22215588/github-iran-sanct... As a side note, many people on our development team that has worked with us since 2013 have spoken Russian, coming from Ukraine, Armenia, Russia, etc. Many of them continue to work together despite the war their governments are conducting. We are for empowering people uniting communities around the world, and are pretty critical of government overreach: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35656705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35656705 https://community.qbix.com/t/transparency-in-government/234 https://community.qbix.com/t/transparency-in-government/234 https://qbix.com/blog/2021/01/15/open-source-communities/ https://qbix.com/blog/2021/01/15/open-source-communities/ If that appeals to you, the lowest hanging fruit is just joining the community and introducing yourself: https://community.qbix.com/ https://community.qbix.com/
  - Dah00n 3y ago
    Well, I can't give you a rational answer since it is irrational in my opinion, but denying patches from Russians and Russian companies happen, including on the Linux Kernel mailing list: https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/21/russian_foss_contributions_blocked/ https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/21/russian_foss_contribu... But thank you for your reply.
mikecoles 3y ago
I think the github link is an Andrew Yang campaign site.
- EGreg 3y ago
  The link above is an introduction to the Qbix Platform, which you can download and try out, if you want to rather easily build your own community, that has more advanced features than Mastodon or Matrix.
dschuetz 3y ago
> It isn’t perfect but we are ahead of most others (Mastodon, Matrix). We have spent TWELVE YEARS building the free, permissionless open source platform for anyone to assemble and host their own community software with all the features of Facebook/Twitter/TikTok for their own community Why are you using Github then?
- EGreg 3y ago
  Why are we using Hacker News? Go post on https://community.qbix.com/ https://community.qbix.com/ that is powered by Discourse, a fellow open source company doing good work, and that we are integrated with Why using calendly, zoom, and google? Well, as I said, we haven't launched Qbix Platform 2.0 to everyone worldwide yet. This is if you want to get involved pre-launch. We dogfood our own stuff, but we also interoperate with everything else out there, such as Discourse (https://qbix.com/ecosystem https://qbix.com/ecosystem for example incorporates it), Zoom, Google, Facebook, etc.