[unsubstantiated]

Do cDc members even comprehend the current internet landscape? Is this poised to be in the same vein as the TBL gaffe of making a new internet?

Although they're putting in noble efforts, I think they are out of touch with the actual contemporary internet culture. It's not the world they grew up in.

[mike_d]

> Do cDc members even comprehend the current internet landscape?

You know they all have professional careers where they have invented foundational technologies and ran large tech companies right?

Hands down some of the smartest people I have had the pleasure of meeting.

[olliej]

Yes, and the question is relevant: the issue with tracking and privacy on the web is not the cryptographic protocols.

[mike_d]

So you have pre-announcement access and have reviewed it already? Any insights you'd like to share?

All I have gotten is a few cool stickers.

[philwelch]

Also one of them turned out to be Beto O’Rourke.

[user3939382]

I’m sure the members haven’t been in a Han Solo-style cryo freeze and have experienced the same changes you have.

[wmf]

Obviously they're not going to dethrone Facebook or anything like that, but Signal has tens of millions of users so it doesn't seem impossible for a new protocol to achieve similar scale.

[rolph]

https://cultdeadcow.com/about.html

[flangola7]

In what way?