The truth-seeking site saidit.net, running Aaron Swartz's reddit code, now has a free open-source Android browser app

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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

As far as the tech goes, we are very much interested in a decentralized or federated model. It's on our long term todo list. I don't think there's a clear path at the moment, and it's likely too much work for our dev resources presently. But things could change, and the right platform might pop up, then we could migrate to it. I'm watching https://notabug.io

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I agree. Work on the tech decentralization thing yesterday.

I'm just throwing out the idea of worker coop for the future. Maybe there's a better extant model or something to be adapted than that.

I saw that NotABug yesterday. I put it in my growing timesuck folder of stuff to look into further. Maybe you can explain or expand upon or link to why it's interesting to you.

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It's decentralized and it's reddit-ish, so it's maybe close to our goal. However it is missing a ton of features that are here so far. The Mastodon federation is a good fit imo

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

Wow, so they "solved" the decentralization hurdle?

Did they use the code you'd used? Did they chose to turn some things off? Were they lazy or seeking simplicity or in dev?

MAN! They sure missed a MAJOR selling point. No where on their "frontpage" does it say anything about being decentralized. I didn't look hard but I'd assumed it was for more for geeks and coders. Looking at it now I see much more diverse stuff than the tech gibberish previously seen.

Feel free to post any/all NotABug info in /s/DecentralizeAllThings as you see fit.

Not that I would benefit much, but I'd be happy if you and magnora7 started a SysAdmin sub to document your escapades. I would try to read it but it would certainly be of value to others wishing to do something similar, and/or get you in the habbit of open-documentation so that when you unleash the decentralized SaidIt, in whatever form that may be, we can all catch up and follow along as we try to co-host or co-contribute in whatever way required of us. Fair warning, because some may wish to exploit your transparency you may chose not to share some stuff or write it up for a time delay release. For example, if you implement something new maybe you write it up while it's fresh and clear in your mind but publish it a couple of weeks or months later after it seems secure and you feel confident. And some things won't need a delay.