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by superb-owl 1179 days ago
There are a few ideas that I really like here:

- Managing data (push/pull/etc) in a common, widely-supported protocol (git)

- which has a large, stable, and free-as-in-beer implementation (GitHub)

- as well as some major competitors (Bitbucket/GitLab)

- and is possible to self-host (gitea, OSS GitLab)

What I'd love to see:

- posts are currently in JSON format. Make it something more readable (like Markdown+YAML), at least optionally. That way people can interact _directly_ in GitHub, instead of using a janky client

- The main problem with decentralized frameworks is always "search and discoverability". Someone needs to aggregate all the data in a centralized database and make it easy for others to pick through