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Re:Ask HN: What would a Facebook that isn't evil look like? by forcry on Sunday July 25, 2021 @04:12AM (#27947599)
> lets us keep up with our family and friends, have productive discussions, share pictures, invite each other to parties

E-mail, with a better interface?

Seriously, this all can be done with E-mail and some locally stored data?

It is just a matter of implementing a UI (Web/Phone/Native whatever) and a messaging protocol, on top of existing Email infrastructure.

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Re:Ask HN: What would a Facebook that isn't evil look like? by messo on Sunday July 25, 2021 @07:59AM (#27948513)
Delta Chat [1] is a good example of such an interface spanning all devices and platforms. Works suprisingly well!

[1] https://github.com/deltachat

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Re:Ask HN: What would a Facebook that isn't evil look like? by forcry on Sunday July 25, 2021 @09:50AM (#27949154)
Yes, found an old thread about this. It appears that the issues raised in that thread are not that hard to solve..

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19216827

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