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So whatever happened to secure scuttlebutt? (www.scuttlebutt.nz)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I remember this being a kinda niche alternative to activity pub, and I always liked it because it had the ability to be local and P2P, with federated instances really just being repeaters. I didn’t like that it was immutable, but that was just the cost. Also you had to install something, which made it not as simple as just browser stuff. I see on Google there are SS to ActivityPub adapters too.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

sounds kind of like element now. its more a chat based app but my understanding is DMs are P2P, not sure about rooms.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That’s not quite right. It’s hard to wrap your mind around. Basically every person in the network is a router for the entire network, kinda like the blockchain. You keep a microblog, and it just gets passed around like a trading card to all other people P2P. Unlike matrix, it’s not chat, it’s publishing. It can work even if the internet is down via LAN.