cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/fediverse/p/1923069/with-reddit-flirting-with-requiring-age-verification-the-next-rexit-might-be-around-the

With previous Rexit's like the API debarcle etc. many users were left looking for an alternative, but with decision fatigue and bad UX etc. most did not find the Fediverse a viable option.

What needs to still improve, how can we be ready this time?

I've been doing something that could be called preparing. I've been messing with this idea for decentralizing the user identity there by decoupling the posts and users from the platform and even potentially eliminating the concept of a platform.

I called it userless because there are no users in the database.

Tbh I'd like for this to gain some smidgen of use,, it's more of a technical explanation for me atm.

So it's sort of a general use tripcode system? It's an interesting concept, what do you imagine the front end for such a system looking like, if you're moving away from the concept of a platform?

I have a 1Gbps connection and a few TBs of storage to contribute with - technically - but I don't have the time to moderate...

Unfortunately Those kind of resources cannot be really used unless you're very trusted by an admin

So far I've created a 4chan and Reddit clone. I'm also planning a peer to peer web app, and a standalone aggregator software written in flutter dart.

Edit: just read up on tripcodes, it's primitive and elegant, I like it.

I understand. But also, on a personal level, I don't know how I would deal with legal matters if and when people started sharing illegal data on my server. So, that's another obstacle.

There is not

I need to come up with a solution for registration and validation that I feel safe with. I don't feel personally comfortable hosting user generated content yet, but once I work out things like verifying emails and doing appropriate CYA then I'll deploy an instance. I already have userless.xyz locked down.

I'm also missing some features like sponsoring anonymous keys and now I'm working on the decentralized peer-to-peer protocol which I might be more comfortable deploying an instance of.

There's still so much more to do