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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by profalseidol on Friday June 09, 2017 @02:37AM (#14519561)
In the near future, use DApps (Decentralized Applications) a few of them are already up and running.
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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by jstanley on Friday June 09, 2017 @07:16AM (#14520596)
I like the prospect of DApps with the client-side code served out of IPFS, and the backend on Ethereum.
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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by ookie on Friday June 09, 2017 @09:02AM (#14521027)
Yeah, I completely agree. There are already some services in this space trying to combat filter bubbles and walled gardens, Akasha [https://akasha.world/] for social networks, DNN Media [http://dnn.media/] for news and Lemon Email [https://ipfs.io/ipns/dapp.lemon.email/#/] (dApp and the full beta version) for email system. The last one is completely in line of what you're talking about. I like the approach through blockchain systems because, if used properly, they have the potential to become direction in favor of democratization and decentralization of information.
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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by simopaa on Saturday June 10, 2017 @01:57AM (#14526326)
Set up Akasha out of interest and it does seem really promising. Thanks for the tip!
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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by jstanley on Friday June 09, 2017 @11:08AM (#14521912)
Lemon Email looks really cool, thanks for sharing.
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