Anyone here know much about scuttlebutt protocol and planetary.social? Involvement from a Twitter founder makes this seem interesting right off the bat, but I don't know anything about the platform...
Some good commentary on how/why scuttlebutt and planetary differ from mastodon & fediverse and from existing centralised networks like FB & birdsite etc https://planetarysupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039199393-What-is-Planetary-the-FAQs
What is Planetary - the FAQs

What is Planetary? Planetary is an app that helps you connect to a completely open and distributed social network built on a technology called “Scuttlebutt”. It’s designed to look a lot like the so...

@Foxyloxy didn't realize that planetary.social was using scuttlebutt. That's encouraging. I've been playing with Scuttlebutt on and off for a year or so and I like it - especially the ability to create multiple adhoc local social networks that sync opportunistically.