Oh, I see where the disconnect is, you think all AI is inherently evil and useless, while I think it can have use and moral value. So no point in continuing this conversation since nothing I say will penetrate your anti AI bias.

That’s pretty fucking vague. Would you care to elaborate. It seems someone made it for a very specific situation and it delivers the message well. It’s not like it some fantasy photo of a cat with three heads. It is a meme that people use to communicate an idea. That seems to be the opposite of slop to me.

What makes it slop exactly?

It may be made with AI, but I’m not sure you can call it slop. It is an adaptation from an old anime, and people seem to very clearly understand the meaning/intention.

Iroh was more of the p2p transport layer, but it is what facilitates the authentication through DID to the local vault. The work you linked is very relevant and will be definitely be of use!

Oh wow, this is exactly what I had been thinking of! Amazing! This should simplify the development process of this platform significantly. Do you know of any projects using this standard in their platforms?

Yes, that’s exactly it! The identities are linked to a URL that the user chooses, which hosts the DID document and all the identity records. I am working on getting the GitHub ready for public, I will notify you when it has been opened up!

This would definitely integrate with data migration tools of all sorts, it already works with meta and bluesky data export/access systems. Activitypub is next on the list. I’d like it to be as seamless as possible, something like an oAuth login. It would be especially useful in cases where users want to move to a totally local storage solution. The goal is not to replace existing platforms per se, but to give users the ability to have a complete locally available copy of their data at all times. Whether that data is mirrored or distributed elsewhere on the web is ultimately up to the user.

With regard to displaying defederated content, this would put that choice in the hands of the user as well. It should take the headache out of seeing the content you want to see, but should also obviously have some level of moderation and safety in place at a basic level.

Sure. Iroh facilitates local storage and direct device to device encrypted connections. So basically, it allows you to store your online data on your own devices, encrypted with a secure key, that can be sent to a variety of different end points.

So for example, you import your mastodon profile, it downloads that data to a local vault, and the vault can then be viewed on any other platform that is able to visit your profile. So if a user signs up to the proposed Bytescape platform using a bluesky account, they could search for your mastodon handle, view your posts, and even be updated of your content, thanks to the Iroh syncing of the users local master vault and the cloud storage for their social accounts. This could be shared either through cloud relays for reliability, or you could retrieve it directly from the users local vault via direct p2p connections.

Yes, that’s the goal. It would be like an external facing version of emissary or bridgey fed, so you could set up a web portal for all of your social media presence, if you want. Iroh is just a p2p encryption protocol that allows data to be stored and transferred independently of central servers (although relay servers can and likely would be used for reliability and discoverability). So you can have a master copy of all of your data stored on your phone or PC or cloud hosting service or self hosted server, and display that data in one place for your reference/management or for others to view.

That’s kind of it, but it’s more behind the scenes than linktree. What I am proposing would be a new platform, like Lemmy or mastodon, that allows you to link in all of your identities and view them all in one place. Other users can then link to your personal website or whatever link your identity is tied to (could be a default Bytescape “profile” page), with all social media handles you have linked to that identity. These could either be simply linked like a link tree, or shown on a profile feed display page so users and yourself can view all of your activity across the web on one place.

I just made them recently, which I had not had for a long time since I have been vegetarian for most of my life. They are so good. I didn’t realize how much butter they use, which is why they are so gooey.

I love a these angry anti-AI responses here, as if being vehemently against AI is the “default” or logical leftist position, and if you think otherwise, well you are not a real leftist.

Democratic leadership is in the pocket of Israel, so that’s not actually that surprising. They are not just complicit, they are actively enabling this illegal war. It’s the Iraq war all over again.