Rabbit Hole is a simple PhpBB forum. I'm relaunching it now that there's a blackout on Reddit. Post about whatever you like there.

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[–]LarrySwinger2[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Hey Jason. Yes, that'd be great. But I remember you saying that feds stole 'em. I'm afraid that's why you can't find them.

I can look at it next month, is that okay? Also, does LemmyBB interest you? That looks like PhpBB but is federated.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Good to know. That gives me a timeline. Cops stole my sketchbook in my stuff at the "blockade" - but perhaps I took a photo or few first. Of course it would be easy enough to re-explore designs, perhaps with your feedback. Remind me and let me know when you're ready. Also understand that 1) design takes time to do properly and 2) my schedule may be filling up.

I don't know what LemmyBB is, but it does sound good.

I wonder if there's a way to develop a new way to federate. I will draft this hypothetical idea up on Projex where it can be dissected and clearly tuned up before anyone invests time coding it. In short, rather than top-down admins, people need 1) PlugNPlay platforms for mass instances (to become as common as bloggers and channels) for 2) countless instances (as feeds rather than subs) to join 3) and individuals must be in charge of their content feeds. Bonus: 4) Bottom-up self-regulating community management can only help avoid corporate monopolization.

[–]LarrySwinger2[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I don't know what LemmyBB is, but it does sound good.

Google it...

I wonder if there's a way to develop a new way to federate. I will draft this hypothetical idea up on Projex where it can be dissected and clearly tuned up before anyone invests time coding it. In short, rather than top-down admins, people need 1) PlugNPlay platforms for mass instances (to become as common as bloggers and channels) for 2) countless instances (as feeds rather than subs) to join 3) and individuals must be in charge of their content feeds. Bonus: 4) Bottom-up self-regulating community management can only help avoid corporate monopolization.

I've been thinking about this. What you're looking for is probably a p2p network for maximum decenstralization but I read they run into technical difficulties. If you want a federated platform where no players can get too big, you will want software that's easy to deploy and where one instance is equivalent to a single subreddit. Nobody can get a monopoly this way. The challenge lies in making it as easy to set up as a subcommunity on Reddit or this site. They can do it in just a few clicks. Perhaps something that's installed by copying a few files to a (possibly free) shared hosting website and running a PHP script will work.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

If you want a federated platform where no players can get too big,

Big, small, whatever.

Nobody can get a monopoly this way.

I'm not against success if/when it occurs, even if it becomes grand via authentic merit (rather than market manipulation, suppression, monopolization, etc). More importantly, we need to foster uncensored freedom of speech and freedom of reach - along with individuals' freedom to filter and aggregate their own content.

The challenge lies in making it as easy to set up as a subcommunity on Reddit or this site. They can do it in just a few clicks.

I don't understand. A sub for development, for the app, for what?

Perhaps something that's installed by copying a few files to a (possibly free) shared hosting website and running a PHP script will work.

I don't know what any of this means. There is no shortage of places to host free files (GitHub, etc) or folks that would host them (many on SaidIt too). Depends what the script does.

If people can torrent huge movies, they should certainly be able to share text, links, and images. It seems like existing software elements just need to be merged into a bold new Frankenstein.

Zombit?