Topic: [PRE-ANN] Synereo: A fully decentralized social network owned by you - page 7. (Read 41534 times)

when is going to be the presale?

" Okay. Time circuit's on. Flux capacitor, fluxing. Engine running. All right. "  

On topic though, this looks awesome! I absolutely acknowledge the need for a social network where you get back in control of the value, but (imho) far more importantly be secure from the flagrant privacy violations that are inherent in the current systems. That is endgame basically.. Keep it up!

New post on the Synereo blog:

The Great Attention Heist, or: How Our Mind Was Hacked

We'll be happy to do that.

Indeed. I'd be very surprised if it were otherwise.

“The model is based on physical principles of electrical current flow and implements insights from the function of the neural networks of the brain to create a unique ecosystem where information is directed to where it will be appreciated and utilized well.”

Don't tell me, let me guess - you revitalised the dilithium crystals by re-routing the primary energy conduit through the secondary phase frequency transformer, dintcha?

Cheers

Graham

If closed at launch, will there at least be maybe an independent audit of the code to look for shenanigans?

[edit] To add to that in light of recent scene drama, maybe a few different parties?

The communities will decide their moderation policies and have tools to effect them.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Synereo/comments/2jtzyd/first_questions_that_come_to_mind/

"An excellent question, and one that we've put a lot of thought into.

On one hand, we want to give people the maximum amount of freedom. The knowledge that their ability to express themselves is safeguarded, and that no one can take it away from them under any pretense - political, religious, traditional, etc - is priceless. It gives one the type of space that leads to expression and creativity, that is conducive to the organic formation of communities, and that, in many ways, is such that is hard to find outside of the Internet.

There are, of course, types of content that we do not expect people to condone and accept casually in the name of expression. Harmful and violent behavior, sexual crimes, threats, and so on. However, since the system is decentralized, there is no central authority to report these things to and who may take action.

This is where we have a few ideas in mind, and we would definitely like to engage our growing community in the discussion about them.

One of the ideas that we've been playing with so far involves a system like the League of Legends Tribunal - http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/tribunal/en/faq/ - one where each user may report content he sees on the net, and when enough reports are submitted, the content gets escalated to a tribunal. The tribunal comprises peers opting-in to participate in the process of keeping Synereo free of what they think is conduct unbecoming of a user in it.

To make sure this system is not abused, the selected peers would have to be from eclectic backgrounds, communities, interest groups, and any other meaningful differentiators we can gather to establish a consensus that goes beyond that of a specific belief group or cultural eccentricity. i.e. we would not like you to be punished for irreverent behavior or for making fun of something that someone else might find holy, but if you pose violent threats or publish child porn, you are going to get probated or even banned.

When three fourths of the tribunal thinks you had done wrong but the rest of them are OK with what you said, it probably means you managed to touch a sensitive spot or were offensive in your conduct - but that's no reason to take away your right to participate in Synereo. When 95% or more of your peers think you're a menace that should not be part of a community or even the entire network, you probably deserve to cool off for a while or even get your participation privileges revoked completely.
(These numbers are subject to change, of course - but you get the concept.)

Another idea that is growing on us is that of a Burning Man-esque, decentralized, consensually elected, ad-hoc police force. People with influence in their Synereos who may be elected - for short terms - to wield a little bit of extra power within their communities, representing their collective will.

There is always a balance to strike between freedom and control, between creating the best and widest space available for expression and making sure no one can be harmed, and we are committed to doing everything in our power to bring this balance to the sweetest spot we are able to find with Synereo."

So there would be no content moderation of any kind?
That could get rather dicey, no?

Hopefully this coin is not ITO/ICO, or it will be a total waste. People are done with it, mining this would be nice.

Interesting project with HUGE potential.

Very well said my friend

Check out Chapter 1 of our Attention Model / Network Dynamics presentation, dealing with the basics of the Synereo network.



We'll release new chapters throughout the coming weeks.

Well, we're still evaluating our requirements so no choice of technology/framework has been made yet.
Right now we're looking into everything, from basic DHT/gossip stuff, to distributed storage clusters, as well as some existing solutions built on top of these technologies.
As for the logo issue, we are aware of the similarities and are looking into it, assume no bad faith

I would be very interested in which tehcnology/language you will use and which frameworks you consider.
I am working on bitsquare.io and we use Java with TomP2P as DHT/messageing framework.
Would be good to exchange experience if we have something in common... (beside the logo and color ;-))

Just popping up to say thanks to Dor for the kind intro, and to invite anyone who wishes to discuss our technology to chat.

I'm available here obviously, as well as on twitter @yuvadm, and by email at yuval (at) synereo (dot) com.

We'll release more and more details as things solidify.

Everything we create will be open-source eventually.
Some of the core logic of the system will be closed initially. It's going to be hard enough to complete with existing networks - we don't want to have to struggle against networks running our own code before Synereo has a chance to gain some ground.

Congratulations!
Can you tell already a bit about any details?
Which technology are you going to use? Will it be open source?

We're happy to announce that Synereo has found its dream CTO and development team leader, Yuval Adam.

Yuval is a full-stack technologist, with experience ranging from building distributed web services through deploying wireless mesh networks and to embedded systems development. Yuval founded the Tel-Aviv chapter of CryptoParty, advocating for privacy and digital liberties. He holds a B.Sc in Computer Sciences from Ben-Gurion University.
Yuval can usually be found lurking in the dark corners of the Tel-Aviv Makers hackerspace.

Yuval and I are in the process of finalizing the tech architecture for Synereo. We will soon determine the scope of our first phase of development and recruit more developers as necessary.

We've been getting a torrent of applications to join our development team. If you're interested in joining us, there's still time - don't hesitate to contact me.

Really looking forward to this... About time that the social networks got shaken up!

Is the project open source? Which technology is used (P2P network)?