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epsteinisntdead on Nov 1, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: How would you design an alternative Twitte...

Doesn't this already exist in the form of ActivityPub? Whether you're using Mastodon, Pleroma, WriteFreely, etc., you can interact with instances that use that protocol.

There's no way Jack doesn't know this already exists.

alexb_ on Nov 1, 2022 [–]

It's mentioned here: https://atproto.com/guides/faq

Honestly this project looks pretty interesting, and I hope it takes off. Want more decentralized tech without horrendous "defi" attached.

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