Ask HN: Should I build a new community app platform?

Re:Ask HN: Should I build a new community app platform? by sergiotapia on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @12:05AM (#36399577)

Let's say you build it. It exists and people use it. Huge success, 100_000 MAU.

Do you want to deal with porn uploads, illegal uploads, illegal posts, violence, potential doxxing from both sides of the lunatic asylum?

Personally that's why I didn't build something like this.

The solution is distributed, but not "federated" - those systems are god awful to use as an end user. There's a third solution I've been thinking about for many years now.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I build a new community app platform? by asim on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @02:11AM (#36400351)

You have the right idea. I don't believe in federation in the way the "fediverse" is approaching it. I think distributed works but with centralised coordination. It means people have to join a network and any bad actor can be banned from the network.

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