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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by notheguyouthink on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:19PM (#16878527)
Minor note to readers, it's partially p2p. It uses gossip, so at times your peer might be a semi-centralized server, and at other times it could be a peer.

I know that doesn't make it not p2p, but reading p2p makes me think I need direct connections with peers. Gossip is sort of nifty that way.. though I'm not a fan of semi-centralized redirect servers.

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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by maemilius on Thursday April 19, 2018 @03:16PM (#16879119)
Considering it didn't seem particularly difficult to operate your own relay server, I don't really consider that much of a negative.

Spin up your own relay, generate some invites for your friends, and share all of your gossip through a server that you control yourself.

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