Сооснователь Twitter и гендир Block Джек Дорси не просто так «вибродит» Sun Day и Bitchat. Он инвестировал $10 млн в некоммерку, которая создаёт инструменты для децентрализованных соцсетей. 💻 Цель — развивать экспериментальные open-source проекты, чтобы дать сообществам больше контроля. После череды скандалов с Big Tech, идея альтернативных платформ с открытым кодом 🔥 набирает обороты. Кто знает, может, именно эти инструменты станут фундаментом для следующего поколения соцмедиа? Помним же Mastodon и Bluesky! Пока детали скудны, но хайп уже подогрет.
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- Twitter co-founder/Block CEO Jack Dorsey isn’t just vibe coding new apps like
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- [T]he team at «andOtherStuff» is determined not to build a company but is instead operating like a «community of hackers,» explains Evan Henshaw-Plath [who handles UX/onboarding and was also Twitter’s first employee]. Together, they’re working to create technologies that could include new consumer social apps as well as various experiments, like developer tools or libraries , that would allow others to build apps for themselves. For instance, the team is behind an app called Shakespeare , which is like the app-building platform Lovable , but specifically for building Nostr -based social apps with AI assistance. The group is also behind heynow , a voice note app built on Nostr; Cashu wallet ; private messenger White Noise ; and the Nostr-based social community +chorus , in addition to the apps Dorsey has already released. Developments in AI-based coding have made this type of experimentation possible, Henshaw-Plath points out, in the same way that technologies like Ruby on Rails, Django, and JSON helped to fuel an earlier version of the web, dubbed Web 2.0 . Related to these efforts, Henshaw-Plath sat down with Dorsey for the debut episode of his new podcast, revolution.social with @rabble … Dorsey believes Bluesky faces the same challenges as traditional social media because of its structure — it’s funded by VCs, like other startups. Already, it has had to bow to government requests and faced moderation challenges , he points out. «I think [Bluesky CEO] Jay [Graber] is great. I think the team is great,» Dorsey told Henshaw-Plath, «but the structure is what I disagree with … I want to push the energy in a different direction, which is more like Bitcoin, which is completely open and not owned by anyone from a protocol layer….» Dorsey’s initial investment has gotten the new nonprofit up and running, and he worked on some of its initial iOS apps. Meanwhile, others are contributing their time to build Android versions, developer tools, and different social media experiments. More is still in the works, says Henshaw-Plath. «There are things that we’re not ready to talk about yet that’ll be very exciting,» he teases. ← Related Links → Healthy Babies Born in Britain After Scientists Used DNA From Three People to Avoid Genetic Disease Jack Dorsey Says His ‘Secure’ New Bitchat App Has Not Been Tested For Security This is the most recent story. Help us pick the next by voting on submissions , or submit your own .
