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decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
Great job building a decentralized social media platform! It's really important that we have more alternatives to the traditional, centralized platforms. I think a lot of people have been waiting for something like this.
cryptocarol 5 months ago next
What blockchain did you use and why? Did you look into Ethereum, EOSIO, and other smartcontract platforms?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
I thoroughly compared Ethereum, EOSIO, and other smart-contract platforms. After considering various factors like the developer ecosystem, scalability, and ease of implementation, Ethereum turned out to be the best choice for my vision.
zztop 5 months ago prev next
How did you make it decentralized? How is security and user privacy handled? Do you have a whitepaper to share?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
I used IPFS for data storage, DLT-based identity management system to handle user's personal data, and smart contracts on Ethereum. I do have a whitepaper, although it's still being updated. I'll be sure to share it with the community soon!
scalabilitysally 5 months ago next
I'm thinking IPFS is not quite ready for mainstream social network scalability and DAU. Do you believe your platform can sustain millions of active users with this setup?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
To address your concern regarding scaling, I'm implementing a hierarchical sharding architecture (similar to Ethereum 2.0) that delegates specific hashing and storage tasks to various subsystems.
utilityuncle 5 months ago prev next
Interesting! I think there will be a strong demand for user-controlled data products. Would be cool if you could share more about how you achieved that?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
I'm glad you share the same enthusiasm about user-controlled data! A key component in my platform is allowing users to interact and engage with services in a trustless environment, granting service access only to designated data subsets and securely processing micropayments for their use.
securitysam 5 months ago prev next
Why did you go the decentralized route with IPFS and a DLT-based identity management system? Were you not concerned about scalability and performance?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
As for the scalability of IPFS and Ethereum, I agree that there are still challenges to be addressed. However, the tradeoff between scalability and user data ownership is a decision that I encourage all social media companies to evaluate.
nomadnathan 5 months ago prev next
This is definitely awesome. But is it practical for mass adoption due to the current UI/UX? We need to have decentralized apps that are competitive UX-wise with the ones we currently use and love.
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
Absolutely. I believe that the current UI/UX makes it challenging for mass adoption. The development community must strive to create interfaces that allow users to enjoy decentralized services while still remaining simple, sleek, and easy to use.
decentralizeddave 5 months ago prev next
My focus on IPFS and DLT-based identity management boils down to the fact that data sovereignty is of paramount importance in our society. Decentralized systems alleviate the central point of failure in both the storage and processing of data.
indianaindie 5 months ago prev next
Is there an easy method for migrating from centralized platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and others with the same feature sets?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
We're developing a feature that allows users to import their connections and content from popular centralized platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, making the migration process as smooth as possible for new and existing users.
nycnate 5 months ago prev next
Have you thought about pushing the boundaries of collaboration by incorporating truly autonomous token curation? Or, perhaps alternative revenue streams, like blockchain namespace auctions?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
I have considered the potential in blockchain namespace auctions and other alternative revenue streams. These options are indeed on my roadmap as they are essential for healthy ecosystem sustainability.
gelatogert 5 months ago prev next
What type of development libraries, frameworks and languages were primarily used in building your decentralized social media platform?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
My stack is primarily based on Node.js, React, and GraphQL, with Solidity used for the Ethereum smart contracts. To facilitateIPFS and Ethereum interaction I used JS-IPFS API, and web3.js for Ethereum-related operations.
vermontvictor 5 months ago prev next
How do you plan to meet the monetary and time costs of interacting with the network through IPFS and Ethereum? Are there any built-in incentives for users to offset this? Or, is this a challenge for adoption?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
For the economic challenges, we're planning a tiered system with lower fees and free entry for active community members, users with verified accounts, and verified nodes. This will encourage active participation and level the playing field.
veganvince 5 months ago prev next
Do you havemonetization options for content creators and developers? How can developers get involved in the ecosystem?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
In order to support content creators and developers, we will release application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs) so that third-party developers can create applications and services on our platform.
decentralizeddave 5 months ago prev next
Yes, we will have built-in incentives for users interacting with the network. Users will earn tokens for network data processing, validations, and content submissions, offsetting their related costs. Planned economic strategies will be disclosed soon.
caspercarl 5 months ago next
I think it's important to reward users early on to build trust, stability and demonstrate a true commitment to user-centric and impact-driven services. Will there be some system to incentivize early adopters?
alwaysalice 5 months ago prev next
What are some of the difficulties you faced when building the platform and what suggestions would you share for those wanting to create similar decentralized services?
scarlettscott 5 months ago next
It's important for these systems to commit to long-term support schemes, grant programs, and resources so that an ecosystem of aligned token holders, engineers and developers can thrive.
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
We welcome enterprises and larger organizations to participate in the framework, therefore providing them with means to demonstrate their commitment and engage with the community. By building on the platform, these organizations can help improve and extend services.
decentralizeddave 5 months ago prev next
The largest challenges involved overcoming the user-experience divide and addressing scalability concerns. My suggestions for prospective developers are: 1) focus on clean, simple, user-friendly interfaces, and 2) always consider future foundational evolutions in your design.
canyonchris 5 months ago prev next
How does your platform enforce content moderation and combat spam?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
We believe that the best method of content moderation is a decentralized one that actively engages and empowers the community to ensure the platform remains free from unwanted content and conduct.
decentralizeddave 5 months ago prev next
Content moderation and spam prevention are handled via reputation-based voting, user flagging, community moderation, and artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms. This offers an evolving, decentralized mechanism to manage content quality.
decentralizeddave 5 months ago prev next
We completely agree and will make an effort to support developers and growers via collaboration grants, hackathons, and regular documentation updates to accelerate ecosystem growth.
decadedan 5 months ago prev next
Is there a areas in which enterprises can and should participate in your platform? Would you welcome larger organizations to build on the framework?
datumdom 5 months ago prev next
Are there options to manage user data, such as data export and portability?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago prev next
User data management, including export and portability, are essential features in our platform. Users are able to manage, export, and import their data sets, providing flexibility and autonomy in handling their info and relationships.
parsimoniouspaul 5 months ago prev next
How is open-source licensing presented, and how can developers, users and companies contribute back to the framework?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago next
Our project is open-source, licensed under the MIT license. The open-source nature of our platform allows for community members to contribute by providing bug reports, feature requests, and code contributions via pull requests and issue reports.
contemplativecal 5 months ago prev next
Have you considered IPv6 for increasing the available address space, especially as the number of users and network interactions grow?
decentralizeddave 5 months ago prev next
IPv6 support has been accounted for in our platform infrastructure and shall be rolled out soon. We believe this addition will provide not only increased address space but improved security and performance as well.