Programming mission: Let’s fix the Fediverse discovery gap

https://hamishcampbell.com/programming-mission-lets-fix-the-fediverse-discovery-gap/

I gave this whacky website idea 24 hours to marinate but it is the kind of #localweb project I think up all the time -

Basically, it's a simple neighborhood level archive for "project cars". It's just a searchable DB of listings, with the bonus that it should be ultra lightweight (like, just yet another tiny hosted service on a homelab) and also involves working with neighbors to put something on the net that might not otherwise be there.

The idea is: See a car in a yard, and send a letter to the address, that links to a short form, where they can create a (private) page with a space to write about the car's state, their plans and aspirations, plus photos, and maybe facilitates time to stop by and talk about the car and take some nicer pictures.

Then you give people a private link/code for their entry, and they can choose to set it as listed publicly on the site, or create a private link to share. Or they could just print up a card with the link and put it in the car for later, or whatever.

I think this is a cool idea because it connects you with people and turns what is sometimes considered an 'unsightly' part of a neighborhood into a chance for people to share stories, and opens up lots of possibilities, such as people offering to help with a car, or looking for a specific yard find.

I miss yikyak (even though it's a terrible horrible popularist timesink) & I think it representative one of the most interesting, compelling use cases for #dweb: getting us a #localweb.

Alas #physicalweb seems on life support at best but I think it's a strongly viable beginning to seed connection.