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Ex-LA Dodgers Owner Pledges $100M To Reduce Power Of Facebook
Nresmax ^ | 6-21-2021

Posted on 06/21/2021 5:32:30 AM PDT by blam

Edited on 06/21/2021 7:00:36 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Frank McCourt, the billionaire real estate mogul and former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is pouring $100 million into an attempt to rebuild the foundations of social media.

The effort, which he has loftily named Project Liberty, centers on the construction of a publicly accessible database of people’s social connections, allowing users to move records of their relationships between social media services instead of being locked into a few dominant apps.


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To: ConservativeDude

The advantage is that it is completely decentralized and not controlled by the top level domains, it is a protocol that is not part of the domain registry control. It is all in your own control P2P and steps around all the centralized server systems. There are already many of these blockchain communication clients available. Some even let you host your own website on your own machine, along with many others as part of the blockchain network. And there are many group communication/file sharing clients. All encrypted though blockchain technology.


21 posted on 06/21/2021 7:27:45 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

right

but there is a permanence to anything on any particular blockchain.....so in that regard, “privacy” is not the foremost value. but, “uncensored” is.

I can live with that. in light of the demise of the First Amendment, and our complete breakdown of social discourse, I still think that is a hugely positive step forward....


22 posted on 06/21/2021 8:53:05 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: ConservativeDude

It is encrypted P2P from sender to receiver though. The main thing holding this protocol back is the worry some have about participating and allowing use of their own resources to boost the capacity, or become a routing node.

I hear “What if someone else’s data content is illegal, or porn etc.?” The question is because your resources passed this encrypted data through from sender to receiver could you also be implicated. I cannot find a definitive yes or no on this very good question.

In my mind I cannot be held responsible for data that is encrypted, that I cannot encrypt, or have no knowledge of what it is. And because it is block chain and even sometimes onion layered on top of the blockchain protocol, it is almost impossible to decrypt and even know what is in it.


23 posted on 06/21/2021 9:49:05 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: blam
Project Liberty would use blockchain to construct a new internet infrastructure called the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol.

Something like this has been around for a long time, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_software_and_protocols_for_distributed_social_networking

A few are peer-to-peer while most get installed on web servers. Some have 2-300 web server installations that can all communicate with each other. Most require root access on the server to install which you don't get with cheapo shared hosting.

24 posted on 06/21/2021 10:28:14 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: blam
I don't know anything about this, and a cursory reading suggests that ultimately this will not depend upon Frank McCourt--because, to the extent that it does, judging by his management of his marriage and his ballclub, I'd be very leery.
25 posted on 06/21/2021 10:47:29 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Watch "THE CHOSEN," about Jesus & the disciples He chose: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
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To: Avalon Memories; NautiNurse
This is great. I’m glad a billionaire is stepping up to support liberty.

Yes!! We need more billionaires on our side. The Left seems to have a monopoly on 'em.

26 posted on 06/21/2021 10:50:46 AM PDT by nutmeg (God bless you and thank you, Rush)
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To: Openurmind

interesting

sounds like congress is going to have to decide, is this something that we will protect, or not...


27 posted on 06/21/2021 11:36:37 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Thing is, it can be done right now without him or anyone else as long as you have internet access. There have been P2P and group P2P networks around for awhile. All someone has to do is organize a group and have everyone install the free client. And share your ID credentials with each other.

Not even a browser is needed, it is similar to a desktop messaging client like Pigeon. We have a group that has been using a chat client like this for quite awhile now. No browser... no domain servers. It is kind of like texting to each other or a group chat page.

The one we use has file/link sharing, voice, and video chat also.


28 posted on 06/21/2021 12:34:51 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: blam

Decentralized Social Networks

https://medium.com/decentralized-web/decentralized-social-networks-e5a7a2603f53


29 posted on 06/21/2021 12:44:26 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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