From 60f05e938b3d9e689c45eea4957fed1d15bcf331 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Danyl Strype Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:12:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update non fediverse federated social apps (added platform cooperative link) --- non-fediverse-federated-social-apps.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/non-fediverse-federated-social-apps.md b/non-fediverse-federated-social-apps.md index f2684ba..a868d19 100644 --- a/non-fediverse-federated-social-apps.md +++ b/non-fediverse-federated-social-apps.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ This is a list of federated social clients and other related tools that use prot This list may need its own page, because although all these apps are all distributed, because they use a blockchain, but not federated. I think it's useful to have this list to point to, in case people think we just don't know about these apps, and because the non-scammy free code ones might be worth approaching about implementing AP or Zot to bridge to the fediverse. -Unlike the fediverse apps, because they are all in competition with each other, it's hard to see how any of them will gain the network effect to compete with the legacy datafarms. Although some, like Resonate, are (user-owned?) cooperatives, it seems like at least some of the others are just datafarm larvae like [Everipedia](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/10/13/everipedia-the-wikipedia-for-being-wrong-but-on-the-blockchain/), aiming to enslave enough users to get Vulture Capitalist funding, and exit by acquisition or IPO - Strypey +Unlike the fediverse apps, because they are all in competition with each other, it's hard to see how any of them will gain the network effect to compete with the legacy datafarms. Although some, like Resonate and Muscioin, are [platform cooperatives](https://www.opendemocracy.net/oliver-sylvester-bradley/ours-to-hack-and-own), it seems like at least some of the others are just datafarm larvae like [Everipedia](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/10/13/everipedia-the-wikipedia-for-being-wrong-but-on-the-blockchain/), aiming to enslave enough users to get Vulture Capitalist funding, and exit by acquisition or IPO - Strypey ## Social network