Bitsocial
github.com
Bitsocial is an open-source peer-to-peer network for social apps, with no servers, no global bans, where users and communities are cryptographic property. - Bitsocial

a while ago we shared our peer-to-peer project here multiple times under the name Plebbit, and honestly you guys were right The name wasn’t it.

We have decided to rebrand to Bitsocial, which feels way cleaner and more serious for what we are building.

5chan, Seedit clients and any other app we will make, will all be branded as Bitsocial apps

All info (intro, docs, roadmap, links) to be released on bitsocial.net later this month.

We also took your feedback seriously and we are now implementing proper sign-in options like:

Google GitHub (and more coming later)

So yeah thanks for the honest feedback

  • K3CAN@lemmy.radioEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll say it again: I like the concept, but I can’t help but feel that the presentation has been consistently poor.

    The earlier releases left a sour taste for some by highlighting connections to cryptocurrency, and now it’s literally being rebanded to “bitsocial”? With Bitcoin being the widest known cryptocurrency in the world, it’s definitely not alleviating the concerns that this is some sort of cryptoscam.

  • drkt@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    You are just not going to stop pushing this, are you? I’m glad you’ve learned not to associate your platform with crypto, but I still don’t trust you and I don’t want to reiterate how this WILL become a childporn haven when you don’t have wide-spanning moderation.

    Also your SSL cert is expired and the website is broken besides.

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    Honest comment: Bitsocial sounds an awful lot like Truth Social.

    If that comparison is unintentional and not desired, maybe reconsider the name.

    If that is intentional, we are probably not your target audience.

    • priapus@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Ngl I did not think about that at all. There are loads of sites with social in the name, like the flagship mastodon instance.

      It seems kinda silly to stop using social as in the name for social websites because of them.

    • Esteban Abaroa @lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      We chose BitSocial because it’s closer to “BitTorrent for social media”

      the “bit” part is about peer-to-peer distribution and protocol design, not politics or ideology.

      We are not trying to mirror Truth Social or target any specific political audience.

      Our goal goal is a neutral, open-source, decentralized social media protocol.