Numa
Web and SaaS
decentralized social network
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Interesting federation of IPFS with ActivityPub
From 2 comments
Hey, that's amazing! I think that having an AP server that stores data in IPFS is really cool. Where did the idea come from?
evanprodromou on HNVery cool project!
exolymph on HN
Congratulations on shipping
From 1 comment
What about privacy? Your project looks good but social networks don't need to be all public for starters. Anyway, congratulations for shipping.
im_dario on HN
Objections
Privacy: all content public by default
From 1 comment
What about privacy? Your project looks good but social networks don't need to be all public for starters. Anyway, congratulations for shipping.
im_dario on HN
Decentralization claim questioned; data reliant on gateway server and postgres
From 1 comment
I got a little stuck in the weeds trying to figure out how it all works (I'm not well versed in Ruby). At first I thought this was acting as a thin client for data stored on…
ultimape on HN
Account portability and threading conflict with ActivityPub server-bound actors
From 1 comment
I got a little stuck in the weeds trying to figure out how it all works (I'm not well versed in Ruby). At first I thought this was acting as a thin client for data stored on…
ultimape on HN
Requests
Support for private messages and non-public content
From 1 comment
What about privacy? Your project looks good but social networks don't need to be all public for starters. Anyway, congratulations for shipping.
im_dario on HN
Clearer explanation of how data flows between IPFS, Ethereum and gateway
From 2 comments
I got a little stuck in the weeds trying to figure out how it all works (I'm not well versed in Ruby). At first I thought this was acting as a thin client for data stored on…
ultimape on HNInteresting stuff. Given that it's AP-compliant, does that mean messages from the rest of the fediverse are not stored on the blockchain? Also, can Numa be used like a regular…
DeadSuperHero on HN
Questions
Where did the idea come from
From 1 comment
Hey, that's amazing! I think that having an AP server that stores data in IPFS is really cool. Where did the idea come from?
evanprodromou on HN
Are federated messages stored on the blockchain
From 1 comment
Interesting stuff. Given that it's AP-compliant, does that mean messages from the rest of the fediverse are not stored on the blockchain? Also, can Numa be used like a regular…
DeadSuperHero on HN
Can it be used as a regular fediverse client without Ether
From 1 comment
Interesting stuff. Given that it's AP-compliant, does that mean messages from the rest of the fediverse are not stored on the blockchain? Also, can Numa be used like a regular…
DeadSuperHero on HN
Would external IPFS publications be picked up by the gateway
From 1 comment
I got a little stuck in the weeds trying to figure out how it all works (I'm not well versed in Ruby). At first I thought this was acting as a thin client for data stored on…
ultimape on HN
Alternatives named
Mastodon
From 1 comment
Hey HN! I’m really excited to share what I’ve been working on for the past few months. It’s a social network, built on distributed technologies, with support for federation with…
heynk on HN
Colony (token reputation)
From 1 comment
I got a little stuck in the weeds trying to figure out how it all works (I'm not well versed in Ruby). At first I thought this was acting as a thin client for data stored on…
ultimape on HN