From 842bb149398c7e76ee586937abc1e60853cc7958 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Owen Jacobson Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 02:15:27 -0400 Subject: Retire the Gossamer writeup. Neat idea, but unsafe, and no longer even remotely relevant. --- docs/index.md | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/index.md') diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index ca44226..81104c3 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ Computer science and development-adjacent papers and academic works I encourage people to read. -* [Gossamer](gossamer/index.md). - - In 2014, long before Mastodon was in any kind of widespread use, I sketched out an idea for a fully-distributed status sharing network based on Twitter, but without the weakness of the Twitter, Inc. corporation. I've preserved the writeup here, as it's an excellent case study in how blindness to social violence can lead to dangerous software design. **Gossamer should never be implemented**, [because it would put vulnerable users at extreme risk](gossamer/mistakes.md). - - In 2020, with Mastodon well established and the shape of distributed status networks much more widely understood, a friend [pushed me to revisit the idea](gossamer/coda.md). - * [A More Satisfactory Way of Building](satisfactory/way-of-building.md). What's a nerd without a factory game fascination? -- cgit v1.2.3