howtpi

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I wrote a manifesto about saving text-based internet and structured forums. Now I'm looking for the people who'd read it. Engineer, privacy-conscious, believer in distributed everything. Let's build the database that outlives us.
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howtpi4d ago

MIF - My Ideal Forum. Part 2.

I connected with Arthur (@radarsu), a dev building a data-sovereignty protocol without blockchains. We moved from Discord to Matrix and had a great talk.

His vision: a "Personal CMS" – desktop app with email client, storage for notes/passwords/photos, and a publishing platform to cross-post to socials. All decentralized: your data stays with you, you grant permissions per app, no more cookie pop-ups, no lock-in. User verification via 3D face hash (like realeyes.ai) – anonymous but bot-proof.

Meanwhile, my tiny team shaped our MIF first steps: spin up different forum sites, sync them via DB converters, fill with useful content from parsers (ethically). Maximum "collective farm" decentralization for starters. Later – selective sync so each node stores only what its users want. Need experts for the final DB schema.

Day well spent. 🛠️

Full text of the article - https://write.as/tfe43wde4kf8l.md
#DataSovereignty #DecentralizedWeb #OpenProtocol #Enshittification #web3

MIF - My Ideal Forum. Part 2.

Let's continue. This is the second part—all the context and reasoning are in the previous part and articles. Just to recap: last time I wrote about getting in touc...

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howtpi6d ago

MIF – My Ideal Forum. Part 1.

Started a blog series about MIF (My Ideal Forum). Today: why a dev called radarsu gets it right with Atlas Protocol, and what fishing taught me about building stuff that matters. The full text of the article is https://write.as/mpgvhbcsgmj2r.md #Decentralization #Web3 #Forum #Coding

MIF — My Ideal Forum. Part 1.

So.. I decided to try using it's as a blog. The whole backstory is in my previous posts. If anyone's up for some actual constructive conversation and discussion, I'll ...

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Show threadhowtpiMar 6

My idea is simple: a distributed, text-only database. A universal structure — forums, sections, threads, posts, comments, ratings — that anyone can host, sync, and display however they want.

You store what matters to you. You share with others. You set filters — or trust someone else's. No central owner. No single point of failure. Just text and connections.

The format matters less than the data. Let's standardize the data, and let a thousand clients bloom. (continued in thread)

Show threadhowtpiMar 6

The problem isn't just censorship. It's also that local platforms are becoming monopolized, dumbed down, paywalled. For those of us who love well-structured information — engineers, writers, researchers — it's getting harder to find a home.

Chat apps kill context. Your question scrolls away in minutes. Search is broken. Algorithms ignore niche topics because they don't generate clicks.

I miss the old web. Not for nostalgia, but because it worked for thinkers. (continued in thread)

howtpiMar 6

I'm an engineer and garage tinkerer from a country where the internet is slowly being boxed in. Structured forums — those quiet, organized places where we used to share deep knowledge — are dying. Replaced by chats and algorithm-driven feeds.

So I wrote a kind of manifesto. A proposal for a decentralized, minimalist database standard for text-based communities. Something that outlives platforms, servers, and owners.

I'm here to find people who still believe in forums. Let's talk. 🧵👇 (continued in thread) #Decentralization #Forum #DatabaseDesign