Nice! This sounds just like what I'd been thinking the system should be like.
But how do you manage identity/authentication , or discovery of other users?
Here's my personal profile on 9social:
https://github.com/dharmatech/9social-user-dharmatech
Each profile has a `following` file which shows who they're following:
https://github.com/dharmatech/9social-user-dharmatech/blob/m...
So, once you know someone on the network (now you know me!) you can see who they follow. And who each of them follow... And so on.
Well, each user's profile is just a git repository (possibly on github). So I'd think about identity/authentication in the same way users think about it for their code projects.
If you have specific scenarios you're wondering about, feel free to ask.
Cool! Thanks for checking it out!
I've been thinking of this as well:
Something like old school Facebook in UI, but functions more like MSN Messenger. You connect to your contacts via P2P, and download/upload updates to your social media network.
Yup, local-first is central to the design.
And, you only see who you explicitly follow.
I hope there's a sympy-thagoras out there.
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Their local-first approach inspired that aspect of the 9social design.
However, a big difference is that SSB is a sophisticated protocol.
With 9social, the heavy lifting is done by git and a set of conventions.
Thanks for checking it out!
"There's a filesystem for that."
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