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by zeroego 2742 days ago
Speaking of Facebook alternatives, I discovered a neat app not too long ago called Aether. It's like a decentralized P2P reddit. The community is fairly small but the app itself is really amazing, and I think was made entirely by one person. I'm not associated with the creator at all, and it doesn't necessarily fill the same niche as Facebook, but I think it is worth sharing nonetheless. https://getaether.net/
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I enjoyed Aether, until I noticed my backup job was very busy with a few directories, and saw that Aether created a bazillion tiny files, even just deleting them all took a while on a SSD. If that ever changes, I might try it again, but since I never saw it mentioned as an issue that will be done properly later, I'm not holding my breath.
Huh I haven't noticed that myself. I'm using it on OSX. The dude who runs it is pretty personable. You should mention it to him if you find the time.
I know, he's really great, and I've been meaning to say something on the forums about this.. I'll make the time.