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1. ❄️🦊 (icefox@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 03:42:02 UTC ❄️🦊

   Cogent, if somewhat superficial, discussion of federation vs p2p architecture: http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/federation_future.html

   I'm not convinced cause I think there are uses for both. Nothing stops distributed systems from being able to have "server" nodes that collate information for clients that don't want to participate in the full p2p network

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   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 03:06:40 UTC Hallå Kitteh

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     @icefox Had this in a tab for days and now when I finally read it, I was disappointed how short it was. :-)
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 03:10:36 UTC Hallå Kitteh

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     • Hallå Kitteh
     @icefox I think what it misses is that there are systems that are built as a federation, and then there are those built as p2p that can have federation bolted on top.
     
     The fediverse is the former and electrum on bitcoin is the latter.
     
     I think the p2p bit is important for freedom and longevity, and I think the web frontend, implying federation, is important for introduction, discoverability and growth. I also want things to contribute to the web we have.
     
     This is why I want a fediverse frontend to ssb.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 03:20:22 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • Gabe L Newell
     @1iceloops123 @icefox A site like google can always ban websites, as that's just censorship by omission.
     
     A site unlike google that could perform similar services would be interesting. Like #yacy except huge and people use it.
   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 03:27:09 UTC Hallå Kitteh

     • Gabe L Newell
     @1iceloops123 yeah