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> Decentralization is a great idea in theory. But open networks can't keep you safe. There's no gate, no accountability, no way to guarantee that the person on
by rapnie 8mo ago
> Decentralization is a great idea in theory. But open networks can't keep you safe. There's no gate, no accountability, no way to guarantee that the person on the other end is real.
Decentralization is just a word. It all depends on how the social networking environment is designed. For instance the Bonfire decentralized fediverse project [0] develops specifically for small and inter-connected communities, and they also support Circles, Boundaries and other functionality that helps create safe social environments.
It is ultra-hard to launch social networks from scratch and be successful with them. You may consider benefitting from the growing ecosystem of the fediverse, and align with Bonfire and similar projects. Be stronger together.
[0] https://bonfirenetworks.org https://bonfirenetworks.org
- elliotbnvl 8mo agoThanks for the feedback, I really like Bonfire, I'll check it out. ...but I am probably not going to be able to get my mom to use it. And no joke a big part of why I'm trying this out is for something my parents and my family can grab and use easily and quickly. And yeah it's definitely going to be really hard, I agree. I guess I'm not trying to build something huge (but economies of scale challenge that).