Ask HN: How might HN build a social network together?

Re:Ask HN: How might HN build a social network together? by shanebellone on Thursday December 15, 2022 @12:26PM (#34002800)

This is actually really interesting.

Marrying digital with physical is an interesting approach. The problem of proximity is a unique point of friction which might also temper digital communication.

If the application "lived" on cellphones and communicated with a P2P protocol, users could truly own their data (excluding the data they share with their network).

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Re:Ask HN: How might HN build a social network together? by ineptech on Thursday December 15, 2022 @12:38PM (#34002939)

I imagine that some subset of users (1/10th?) would need to aggregate and serve their own and first-tier friends' content from a cheap VPS, and the Kardashians and Elons of the world might need a CDN of some kind, but if it's limited to short text posts I imagine it would be a tractable problem.

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Re:Ask HN: How might HN build a social network together? by aliqot on Thursday December 15, 2022 @01:25PM (#34003541)

I dont use telephones. Nice knowing you guys, I guess. We can still think of the good times.

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