[nikhildahake]

I created Timelines - a social network that allows people to own their data.

Timelines stores your data in a specific folder on your Google Drive which is sandboxed from all your other data on Google drive.

Check it out!

https://www.timelines.co

[stonogo]

You own your data by uploading it directly to Google servers?

[nikhildahake]

It is in a sand boxed environment on Google drive. This is more of a proof of concept. I could potentially develop this further by:

1)Giving the user an option of where they would want to store the data e.g. S3, box, dropbox etc. 2)Encrypt the data before sending it to google servers.

[icebraining]

A few suggestions:

- The target market will probably want details: does the data go through your servers unencrypted? Is it store unencrypted? People who care where the data is stored usually have common worries, you should answer them.

- Who are you? If you're asking me to put my life on your site, the least you can do is tell me who you are. Maybe you can use it as a showcase of your product, if you can make a public Timeline as a sort of bio.

- Signing up is annoying and people won't do it if they aren't hooked by your introduction. Show them how it works - screenshots and videos are okay, a demo with fake data is better.

- If I need a Google account anyway, why do I have to come up with a password? Just let me signup with Google. You can let people add other login mechanisms later, if they wish.

- I don't want to sign up now, but I may be interested in how it evolves. Give me some way of following it: newsletter, RSS feed, Twitter account, etc.

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Good luck!

[nikhildahake]

These are really good suggestions. I'll keep them in mind. Thanks!

[mxuribe]

I'm encouraged by your effort (anyone working on stuff to help decentralize people's data is always GREAT in my mind). However, if you really want to empower people to own their own data, you may want to consider data repository target platforms like NextCloud, and other platforms like it. That way, from soup to nuts, they have control over their data. Good luck and cheers with your project!

[nikhildahake]

Thanks for the encouragement!

[jsilence]

Not sure whether this is sarcasm.

[nikhildahake]

Why would this be sarcasm? I don't understand.