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Fully decentralised Network: instance = user (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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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I have built a network that can be used for that, the tenfingers sharing network. It's completely decentralised, and each user can host or share its own webpage/presence.

HMU if you try something.

PS. It solves 'the offline user' among other things, and would be perfect for a distributed social network.

[–] mrnobody@reddthat.com 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

This is pretty cool, thanks for sharing!

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 minutes ago

Heey thanks!

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