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Fully decentralised Network: instance = user (programming.dev)

submitted 9 hours ago by kivarada@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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Just wanted to ask your opinion before I waste too much time in a new open source project that nobody wants.

Lemmy, Mastodon and Co are federated but users are concentrated on a few large instances which somewhat contradicts the original idea.

What do you think of a truly decentralised app where each instance is one user.

I am aware that there many reasons why this is a bad idea but I would like to hear from you why I should leave it, or encourage me to try it out.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

The main problem here is persistance. Most users are on machines that get turned off. I could kinda see it for chat. If you think about walkie talkies people on on or not. A chat where each instance was a user would be like that. You get on and participate or not. CB's even have channels yeah.

[–] mbirth@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

The main problem here is persistance. Most users are on machines that get turned off.

This! It only works if you have a server that's online 24/7. Can be a VPS in a data centre, can be some Raspberry Pi running at your home with a DNS name pointing to it.

[–] kivarada@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I did not mean to run locally. Every user has to deploy somewhere (like Hetzner) with public domain, tls, etc. Deployment should be simplified with a single command. But still the user has to create an account, buy a domain and needs to be somewhat familiar with command line.

[–] zonico@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like a good idea if you want to have around 5 active users.

Sorry for the sarcasm but I don't like the idea that only people privileged with a VPS can join.

[–] kivarada@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago

No worries :) it is very likely true. Alternatively I could think of a managed option where each user has an instance in a separate container with separate sqlite database and with different subdomain.