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I like affine.pro and appflowy but both were not really usuable last I tried them. The self hosted options are barely functioning so at the end of the day it's just local. For a nice looking self hosted wiki I got outline working after tinkering for some time. Affine has been promising!

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Cult of the Dead Cow unveils 'Veilid', "a secure peer-to-peer network for apps that flips off the surveillance economy"

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I believe financial consequences can be very useful to make it expensive to spam or be abusive.

For example, for a user to access an app:

  • The user is required to put up X amount of money as colatoral
  • The user can retrieve the funds if they choose to discontinue use of the app
  • If a user is reported for abuse, a small fine is deducted from their colatoral

The user Reputation and distribution of fines:

  • if a user, has multiple accounts in good standing, the initial collateral to access new apps is discounted for good reputation.
  • The proceeds from fines can be distributed to the app's treasury or to users with good rep.

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Yep. I've not tried it yet. Finally came around to playing around with it though. What I noticed is by default it syncs to the backup and I can't figure out how to turn it off yet. That said the files are decrypted locally with the keys made when the account is created. About to look more into the privacy policy.

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It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore

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I am also going to say that nostr has all these things in some alpha form or another. However, it is very much a mess right now and it is harder IMHO to connect with others or curate my feed with stuff I like.

The advantage of small groups and fedi is starting with a small network and growing it slowly, this is more rewarding than starting with the whole world and trying to pull back.

Nostr might have all the features but its a mess right now

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In their FAQ they explain making money initially by offering paid backups. What's interesting is their future plans, their vision of a cooporitive ecosystem or whatever, they make money off namespaces/domains, publishing/work contribution, in addition to the backups. This is of course if it gets engagement like notion, it will demonstrate ways to make money from an open network.

If you're betting on the tech culture moving to decentralized services this could be a way to have a foot in it.

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How about Vivaldi Browser?

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Same. Tried it a few years ago and it was bloatware and cluttered. Took another chance on it and really like it, super fast and I can make it as full featured or slim down as I want. I think the company is owned by the workers if I remember correctly. Double check that

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Will need to check the UI and post again. The buzzwords are directly speaking to remote work culture and a migration away from central services. The ecosystem, their plans to make money off that network are an interesting way to get ahead of those market movements. I'm not opposed but I am suspicious of it.

Skiff was kind if a disappointment when it came down to it. Using decentralized storage web3 privacy buzzwords but finding different ways to vendor lock and track.