Nope. Dropbox is NFS with an asynchronous client with lots of local persistent cache.
> WhatsApp groups are just ListServes
That's a huge oversimplification.
All in all, I wish I have built something that was the backbone of internet discussions for decades. Truth is, we all moved on. At one time, newsgroups was the only space where we could have threaded discussions. Now we have lots of other, more targeted, options.
All the issues the author mentioned could be fixed. We can use AI to rate comments (at the client), and build a decentralized reputation system (maybe a good use for blockchain, finally).
Nope. Dropbox is NFS with an asynchronous client with lots of local persistent cache.
> WhatsApp groups are just ListServes
That's a huge oversimplification.
All in all, I wish I have built something that was the backbone of internet discussions for decades. Truth is, we all moved on. At one time, newsgroups was the only space where we could have threaded discussions. Now we have lots of other, more targeted, options.
All the issues the author mentioned could be fixed. We can use AI to rate comments (at the client), and build a decentralized reputation system (maybe a good use for blockchain, finally).