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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by sandov on Thursday April 19, 2018 @07:17PM (#16881004)
In my case, I don't care about the "privacy protection" of a given social network: I assume that everything I post is public (except private messages), so I filter what I upload based on that assumption.

Things I do care about:

-No censorship

-Chronological feed

-Open source & non-abusive client. (i.e. no tracking what users see or read)

-Good usability

I don't care about abusive content or fake news. If I see fake news, I just stop following whoever posted it.

So, under my criteria: decentralized > facebook

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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by meesterdude on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:19AM (#16882783)
> -Chronological feed

Isn't this asking for a bit much? /s

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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by KirinDave on Friday April 20, 2018 @10:28AM (#16885015)
> I don't care about abusive content or fake news. If I see fake news, I just stop following whoever posted it.

How do you know? Could you also tell me if my computer has virus, since you seem to have an oracle?

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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by GCU-Empiricist on Friday April 20, 2018 @11:03AM (#16885332)
Maybe doing due diligence, reading a few primary sources, before you choose to believe or act on something?
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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by xj9 on Friday April 20, 2018 @10:51AM (#16885225)
if you can't tell the difference between real news and fake news, what makes you think `$whatever_arbiter` will do a better job?
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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by KirinDave on Friday April 20, 2018 @11:30AM (#16885580)
Why did you ask me a question totally unrelated to my post? I am not sure that I do think $$whatever_organization can do better, but perhaps it has more resources to issue corrections.
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Re:Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook by strypey on Saturday April 28, 2018 @11:48AM (#16948175)
It might also have its own agenda about what news it wants to be considered "real" or "fake".
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