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I was enjoying having one social network not run by horrid people. Maybe it's time to go back to IRC or something.

by davidw 7mo ago

ynniv 7mo ago
nostr
- verdverm 7mo ago
  no sir, never gonna do crypto social media
  - AirMax98 7mo ago
    Fun fact: under the hood atproto bears many similarities to blockchain... it was funded in during the 2019/2020 crypto craze. I'm not too involved, but outside of a consensus mechanism, atproto looks a bit like a chain, kinda like IPFS.
    - verdverm 7mo ago
      I'm very deep into ATProto development, in particular I have the first Permissioned PDS implementation [1]. It definitely has roots in blockchain / federated, but makes tradeoffs for UX. The more interesting perspective is a Plug-n-Play Distributed System [2] [1] https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/compare/main...verdverm:atproto:main https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/compare/main...ver... [2] https://atproto.com/articles/atproto-for-distsys-engineers https://atproto.com/articles/atproto-for-distsys-engineers
pfraze 7mo ago
I guess I'm honored that you feel like we weren't horrid. I have gotten a very positive impression from Toni so far, fwiw.
- davidw 7mo ago
  I mean, the competition isn't setting a high bar, between the guy complaining about 'white people not having a homeland' and the other guy peddling addictive stuff to teens and AI slop to their grandparents. That said, I have genuinely been enjoying Blue Sky. It has 'enough' for me. There are a bunch of YIMBYs and urbanists. The mayor of my city and one of my city councilors are there. There is starting to be a bike racing community. There are some good local journalists. I read your other comment; I hope your optimism is warranted.
  - pfraze 7mo ago
    Same
- humannutsack 7mo ago
  [flagged]
  - pfraze 7mo ago
    Thanks, love u too
    - verdverm 7mo ago
      Both of you are breaking HN rules, among several > Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Please review the Guidelines linked at the bottom of most pages.
dannyfritz07 7mo ago
I hesitate to write this here, but https://libera.chat https://libera.chat is a lovely and thriving IRC server.
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I was enjoying having one social network not run by horrid people. Maybe it's time to go back to IRC or something.

by davidw 7mo ago

I was enjoying having one social network not run by horrid people. Maybe it's time to go back to IRC or something.

ynniv 7mo ago

nostr

verdverm 7mo ago
no sir, never gonna do crypto social media
- AirMax98 7mo ago
  Fun fact: under the hood atproto bears many similarities to blockchain... it was funded in during the 2019/2020 crypto craze. I'm not too involved, but outside of a consensus mechanism, atproto looks a bit like a chain, kinda like IPFS.
  - verdverm 7mo ago
    I'm very deep into ATProto development, in particular I have the first Permissioned PDS implementation [1]. It definitely has roots in blockchain / federated, but makes tradeoffs for UX. The more interesting perspective is a Plug-n-Play Distributed System [2] [1] https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/compare/main...verdverm:atproto:main https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/compare/main...ver... [2] https://atproto.com/articles/atproto-for-distsys-engineers https://atproto.com/articles/atproto-for-distsys-engineers

pfraze 7mo ago

I guess I'm honored that you feel like we weren't horrid. I have gotten a very positive impression from Toni so far, fwiw.

davidw 7mo ago
I mean, the competition isn't setting a high bar, between the guy complaining about 'white people not having a homeland' and the other guy peddling addictive stuff to teens and AI slop to their grandparents. That said, I have genuinely been enjoying Blue Sky. It has 'enough' for me. There are a bunch of YIMBYs and urbanists. The mayor of my city and one of my city councilors are there. There is starting to be a bike racing community. There are some good local journalists. I read your other comment; I hope your optimism is warranted.
- pfraze 7mo ago
  Same
humannutsack 7mo ago
[flagged]
- pfraze 7mo ago
  Thanks, love u too
  - verdverm 7mo ago
    Both of you are breaking HN rules, among several > Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Please review the Guidelines linked at the bottom of most pages.

dannyfritz07 7mo ago

I hesitate to write this here, but https://libera.chat https://libera.chat is a lovely and thriving IRC server.

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