Decentralized architecture with no central authority or ownership.
Mathieu Lefebvre — Product Designer
For several months now, I have been passionate about decentralized social networks. A federated social network is a platform composed of independent servers that communicate with each other using common protocols.
Latinsky
Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.
Sufficient Decentralization for Social Networks
A design pattern to reduce centralized control and change incentives in social networks.
Medsky
Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.
Designing decentralized moderation
In decentralized social networks, moderation decisions are made locally by users, servers, or other network entities. This basic…
Build Community Online with Decentralized Tools | Blacksky
Decentralized tools to build community online. The intercommunal net where communities govern, pool funds and stay safe on their own terms.
Build Community Online with Decentralized Tools | Blacksky
Decentralized tools to build community online. The intercommunal net where communities govern, pool funds and stay safe on their own terms.
SocialWeb.Network - Your Gateway to Decentralized Social
Comprehensive resources for decentralized social web protocols including ActivityPub, AT Protocol, Nostr, and more.
Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized Social Media
Bluesky is a new social network built upon the AT Protocol, a decentralized foundation for public social media. It was launched in private beta in February 2023, and has grown to over 10 million registered users by October 2024. In this paper we introduce the architecture of Bluesky and the AT Protocol, and explain how the technical design of Bluesky is informed by our goals: to enable decentralization by having multiple interoperable providers for every part of the system; to make it easy for users to switch providers; to give users agency over the content they see; and to provide a simple user experience that does not burden users with complexity arising from the system's decentralized nature. The system's openness allows anybody to contribute to content moderation and community management, and we invite the research community to use Bluesky as a dataset and testing ground for new approaches in social media moderation.
AI, Agency and Protocols_ Power and Governance in Open Social Networks.pdf
NorthStar Social: About Us
NorthStar Social is where your public and private social networks converge. The world's first decentralized local-first social network to keep you in control of your data. Your privacy is too precious to leave in the hands of corporations and billionaries who don’t have your best interests in mind. Privacy is built-in. Your public and personal social connections in one app.
Minimum viable decentralization – John Backus – Medium
If you want people to use your product, decentralize the bare minimum. Lessons from Freenet, I2P, Darknet markets, and Reddit.
Home - Nos: The Human Network
A decentralised mesh of communities and individuals built by and for the people. Nos is social media for humans, not algorithms.
A conceptual model of ATProto and ActivityPub
If you were to design an open social networking protocol, what would that look like? Which metaphors and comparisons would you use to get a general idea of how the network functions? And what would you answer if people ask if your network is decentralised and federated?
