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diff --git a/wiki/gossamer/index.md b/wiki/gossamer/index.md index 2f5055b..ec9811e 100644 --- a/wiki/gossamer/index.md +++ b/wiki/gossamer/index.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ into the Gossamer network. Gossamer does not exist, but if it did, the following notes describe what it might look like, and the factors to consider when implementing Gossamer as -software. I have made [mistakes](mistakes) while writing it; I have not +software. I have made [fatal mistakes](mistakes) while writing it; I have not rushed to build it specifically because Twitter, Gossamer's model, is so deeply woven into so many peoples' lives. A successor must make fewer mistakes, not merely different mistakes, and certainly not more mistakes. diff --git a/wiki/gossamer/mistakes.md b/wiki/gossamer/mistakes.md index bb006db..110fe29 100644 --- a/wiki/gossamer/mistakes.md +++ b/wiki/gossamer/mistakes.md @@ -1,5 +1,21 @@ # Design Mistakes +## Is Gossamer Up? + +[@megtastique](https://twitter.com/megtastique) points out that two factors +doom the whole design: + +1. There's no way to remove content from Gossamer once it's published, and + +2. Gossamer can anonymously share images. + +Combined, these make Gossamer the _perfect_ vehicle for revenge porn and +other gendered, sexually-loaded network abuse. + +This alone is enough to doom the design, as written: even restricting the +size of messages to the single kilobyte range still makes it trivial to +irrevocably disseminate _links_ to similar content. + ## Protected Feeds? Who Needs Those? Gossamer's design does not carry forward an important Twitter feature: the |