Another good piece which blends quite nicely with ...
# linking-togetherc
curious_reader
06/09/2022, 3:11 PMAnother good piece which blends quite nicely with the "local first" theme from above but bringing it into relationship with the web3 narrative: https://www.wired.com/story/web3-blockchain-decentralization-governance/
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J. Ryan Stinnett
06/09/2022, 9:58 PMNot sure what to make of that Wired story… Web3 comes across as blockchain buzzword salad, so I find it hard to discuss or analyse beyond a general negative feeling… 😓
J. Ryan Stinnett
06/09/2022, 9:59 PMMost local-first projects I’ve seen are (thankfully) steering clear of blockchains and their surrounding ecosystem of nonsense.
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curious_reader
06/10/2022, 2:01 PMI guess the article hints at and (for me at least) suggest that we start asking the question:
What do we want web3 to be?
Of course we could simply put it off and say its blockchain salad and instead simply push "local-first". I do think however that it is important to reflect on : where does a general negative feeling" come from?
How did it get there? How do we create cultural narratives in a meaningful way.
curious_reader
06/10/2022, 2:02 PMThe examples of "networks of networks" are a good start IMO:
1. The ActivityPub standard for social networks and associated applications such as Mastodon.
2. A range of research projects from Ink and Switch, including an architecture for “local-first” computing and designs for interoperability across diverse programs.
3. A range of socially local identity systems, such as Spritely, BrightID, and BackChannel.
4. Federated learning and broader privacy-preserving machine learning.
5. Mesh networks.
6. Data collaboratives, cooperatives, and trusts.
7. Wikipedia and wiki-based content structure more generally.
8. Community content moderation systems, such as Reddit.
9. Community-first cloud computing, file storage, and time-sharing.
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