Readit Newssharipova commented on The Internet as Our Nervous System: From Cloud to Local-First blog.anytype.io/the-nervo... · Posted by u/sharipova
This is very cool for making freedom of thought unconditional (local first + encryption + creators keys), but public spaces? They need to be restricted in certain ways, since they affects other people. They can’t be unmoderated. So we need a centralised system?
I agree that public spaces need rules, resolution of conflicts, etc - because as we can see networks are flooded with spam - i think this is the toughest question - how to govern them. Still, one centralised governance for all public spaces looks like not the best solution. I think ideas about more local governance - when for example categories / themes are governed by those who create it
sharipova commented on The Internet as Our Nervous System: From Cloud to Local-First blog.anytype.io/the-nervo... · Posted by u/sharipova
Interesting article. You say that different 'spheres' of the Internet controlled by different geographic elites is a problem...but one unified internet controlled by one elite/group of people would be even worse. At least the way I is, we can compare different opinions and seek out alternative truths - however untrustworthy and unreliable they each may be.
I think a local first alternative and a direct connection of nodes in the network would lead to a healthier network if we think of it as a nervous system that connects us
sharipova commented on The Internet as Our Nervous System: From Cloud to Local-First blog.anytype.io/the-nervo... · Posted by u/sharipova
Interesting article. You say that different 'spheres' of the Internet controlled by different geographic elites is a problem...but one unified internet controlled by one elite/group of people would be even worse. At least the way I is, we can compare different opinions and seek out alternative truths - however untrustworthy and unreliable they each may be.
actually, I agree, one unified internet that is controlled by one group could be even worse than the different parts we have today
sharipova commented on Show HN: Anytype – local-first, P2P knowledge management anytype.io/... · Posted by u/sharipova
> Also, we expect our community to contribute new data types, new plugins and new views.
This could be powerful if executed correctly.
I'm hoping that the runtime and schema/language will be open and interoperable and not a part of your proprietary portion. I understand your need to make money and grow, however.
I wish y'all the best of luck!
thank you for the words of support!
Last time I shared how Anytype can be used to build encrypted, local-first spaces around your interests [2]. Today, these spaces can be shared and co-created together: with your family members, small communities, teams, neighbors and people with similar interests. Examples: https://gallery.any.coop/Collaboration.
When we were testing collaboration internally for the first time, it felt like magic - we as a team were editing the same page, even after switching off the Internet - changes happened in an instant and all of them were synced via wi-fi.
Unlike cloud applications, in Anytype the encryption keys are stored locally, so only creators have access to them, so they own the space with its data and social graph. Every change is cryptographically signed, spaces can be created offline and can sync in peer to peer ways in local networks. This is enabled by open source protocol AnySync that supports high-performant collaboration over encrypted data and creators’ controlled keys. All our code is open on Github - https://github.com/anyproto/any-sync.
This first version of collaboration is very basic - it’s an alpha. It’s far from polished. We will focus on making it complete by adding notifications, public spaces, comments, and many other essential features in the coming months.
Why we’ve built it? Why anytype is the way it is? WIth every architectural choice we aim to make fundamental digital freedoms unconditional. Here you can read more about why - cloud vs. local first Internet [2].
[1] https://anytype.io/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38794733 [3] https://blog.anytype.io/the-nervous-system-of-humanity-needs...