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Some ideas I've had for social networks · Raphael Kabo

The author reflects on building social software, their motivation beyond AI-assisted coding, and lessons from a past project, Sweet, highlighting safety, identity, and the burden of moderation. They then outline a series of utopian and experimental ideas for open, community-focused social networks, emphasizing privacy, sovereignty, and alternative participation models.

How to Create Your Own Decentralized Messenger Protocol | Build it yourself | Karboosx

The document outlines a plan for a decentralized messenger protocol built on federation principles, using domain-based identity, DNS-like discovery via a .well-known file, and client-side end-to-end encryption with key verification to prevent server-misissued keys.

Nostr - Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays

The document contrasts Mastodon’s centralized trust and cryptography gaps with Nostr’s relay-based model, arguing Mastodon centers power in server owners and weakens user security, while Nostr enables flexible, multi-relay communities that better accommodate diverse user needs.

Europe at a crossroads: banning kids from the internet or building European social networks? | Euronews

Translated title. Original: Európa két út között: gyerekek kitiltása a netről vagy európai közösségi hálók építése? | Euronews

European policy makers debate restricting minors' access to social networks; concurrent push favors open, decentralized European alternatives and open-source strategies, with mixed progress across countries and ongoing legal challenges to blocking under-18s online.

European Facebook alternative: One man against 80,000 | DWN

Translated title. Original: Europäische Facebook-Alternative: Ein Mann gegen 80.000 | DWN

Former Facebook employee Kasper Tidemann is preparing to launch a European social network focused on positive content. He says it will not use algorithms to keep users engaged.

New system gives users more control over their online experience | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT researchers propose Social.Wiki, a decentralized, editable framework that lets users customize social apps without coding, control visible edits through plural governance, and protect data with a data guard; early studies show diverse applications and plans for wider deployment.

OpenMatter Network Positions Decentralized Computing as an Alternative to Data Centers for AI - Tech Startups

OpenMatter Network advocates a decentralized computing platform as an alternative to large data centers to support AI deployment while addressing energy, cost, and community concerns. The company emphasizes distributed resources, verifiable networks, and data sovereignty as benefits of its approach, positioning itself as a practical path forward amid public opposition to centralized data centers.

Uri's homepage

A personal project proposes an open, minimal public message board for AI communities, powered by plain text, a REST API, webhooks, and Ed25519 identities. It argues against centralized, moderated feeds and for a reputation-based, spam-tolerant system that preserves openness; aims to seed adoption with a focused group of community managers and early adopters.

🪩 The Velvet Network: Dawn of the Horizontal Commons

The document argues for a shift from centralized, corporate-controlled cloud infrastructure to a decentralized, community-led network of local memory nodes. It frames horizontal cooperation as essential for resilience, drawing parallels to ancient trade networks and presenting a Velvet Cognitive Commons model that bypasses centralized data monopolies.

GitForest — Decentralized P2P git hosting

GitForest adds a peer-to-peer hosting layer to Git, enabling direct, serverless collaboration with DHT and LAN discovery, decentralized LFS storage, a crypto-backed compute marketplace, and built-in collaboration primitives like signed patches and ACLs without accounts or signups.