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  • marcusquinnM Offline
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    marcusquinn
    wrote on last edited by
    #4

    TBH nothing will be secure from it's operating systems or browsers spying, but anything that decentralises databases is a step in the right direction from being cancelled by some arbitrary host.

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    • marcusquinnM marcusquinn

      One to watch for decentralised (you’d hope spying and censorship-proof) community building:

      • https://x.com/townsxyz
      • https://www.towns.com/
      • https://blog.towns.com/in-community-we-trust

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      Every message on Towns is end-to-end encrypted so you can speak freely and know that your messages are protected.

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      #5

      @marcusquinn The documentation seems to have nothing on how the river protocol on which it runs handles spam. This is a crucial concern for a communications platform like this, and a difficult problem to solve.

      CAPTCHAs might be one way, but even these are defeated by AI nowadays.

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        #6

        Wish it ran on something like Veilid instead of blockchain.

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          timconsidine
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          wrote on last edited by timconsidine
          #7

          Love the concept but I don’t understand the relevance or role of being “on chain”

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          • L LoudLemur

            @marcusquinn The documentation seems to have nothing on how the river protocol on which it runs handles spam. This is a crucial concern for a communications platform like this, and a difficult problem to solve.

            CAPTCHAs might be one way, but even these are defeated by AI nowadays.

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            marcusquinn
            wrote on last edited by
            #8

            @LoudLemur Maybe just with the usual settings on whether to allow DMs from people you don't know, or not. All systems are going to require some amount of human mods.

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            • timconsidineT timconsidine

              Love the concept but I don’t understand the relevance or role of being “on chain”

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              marcusquinn
              wrote on last edited by
              #9

              @timconsidine so that there's no single central database that could be taken down

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              • G g66lol

                Wish it ran on something like Veilid instead of blockchain.

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                #10

                @g66lol open-source, so post your thoughts in their git repo to see if they'll debate that

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                  murgero
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                  #11

                  Essentially open source, decentralized discord clone? I like it.

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                  • marcusquinnM marcusquinn

                    @g66lol open-source, so post your thoughts in their git repo to see if they'll debate that

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                    #12

                    @marcusquinn My experience is that blockchain folks aren't interested in anything other than blockchain. Even worse if I come in there talking about something that is actively hostile towards blockchain (as Veilid is).

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                    • G g66lol

                      @marcusquinn My experience is that blockchain folks aren't interested in anything other than blockchain. Even worse if I come in there talking about something that is actively hostile towards blockchain (as Veilid is).

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                      #13

                      @g66lol Don't know anything about Veilid, but yeah, definitely some we-know-best vibes. Creators prerogative, I guess.

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