Plebbit is a selfhosted, opensource, nonprofit social media protocol, this project was created due to wanting to give control of communication and data back to the people.

Plebbit only hosts text. Images from google and other sites can be linked/embedded in posts. This fixes the issue of hosting any nefarious content.

it has no central server, database, HTTP endpoint or DNS - it is pure peer to peer. Unlike federated instances, which are regular websites that can get deplatformed at any time,

ENS domain are used to name communities.

Plebbit currently offers different UIs. Old reddit and new reddit, 4chan, and have a Blog. Plebbit intend to have an app, internet archive, wiki and twitter and Lemmy. Choice is important. The backend/communities are shared across clients.

The code is fully open source on

https://github.com/plebbit

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    People lose interest and move on. That’s how it works in in-person communities, and that’s also how it should work in online communities.

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      2 days ago

      Thats… literally what happens. Like when the owner of a bar calls it quit, and leaves.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        That’s different.

        If I create a book club and lose interest, the rest of the group should continue on without me. I certainly shouldn’t be obligated to continue hosting, but in a digital book club, nobody needs to host. That book club could continue as long as people are interested.