This gives a brief overview of Scuttlebutt with a link to a more technical breakdown.
That said, I remain confused by the other person's description, as I'm not sure how it's accumulating posts while "disconnected from the Internet". I follow how it works when connected, but not so much how it would work as they've described it, at least in the disconnected circumstances, unless it's sorta how I asked.
It was designed such that a Usenet server could spend most of its time disconnected from the Internet and accumulate local posts that would then be federated in a digest when the server dialed up and connected to other servers.
...Would this have been local posts of an individual, or sometimes a group in a LAN or something? The way you describe it here puts me in the mind of recent stuff like Scuttlebutt, albeit that's more clearly individual-focused.
Another big, lingering question is why Meta wants to do this in the first place. Lambert says Meta wants to give users more control over their posts and followers, with easier avenues to engage across platforms.
So will they be implementing a method to export this data in ways that could be imported to other platforms? Otherwise I don't see where federation fits in here all that much.
Extending reach isn't really the same as control imo.
How would one use it if they're struggling to understand it to start with? 🤨
so it’s not usually financially viable to limit the audience like that [...]
Aren't they already sort of doing so by largely directing them towards children? 🤔
Self-Education (so, /c/selfeducation) seems the most literal alternative that comes to mind, but perhaps others can think of better?
Is there maybe a less technical term for this? It's a good idea, but I think those that may benefit most from it may not necessarily think of themselves with this term.
It may seem like a small detail, but the name itself may serve to limit its reach to only a specific subset of those that teach themselves and seek to teach themselves/continue learning.
I'm outside the weboth, would it happen to be the one that isn't a sacrificial altar-design?
Shall the Sphinx of Black Quartz Judge My Vow?
Might it be better in future to screenshot the post, quote the text and cite the author/poster, supposing one wants to avoid any linking to Twitter?
Have you tried/looked into Joplin yet? If I understand right, I think the one box it doesn't tick unfortunately is the first (at least in the Android app), as it supports markdown which is only rendered after leaving edit mode.
However, it does have checkboxes and the whole note doesn't have to be a checklist. You can write a description, add your checklist, add a horizontal separator line, another description, another checklist, all in the same note. It's also FOSS and actively updated. Bonus as well is that it can be used with Syncthing to sync notes to your other devices, and there's a desktop version which has some more flexibility over the Android app.
Thanks for clarifying! So it does work roughly as I was thinking, that's cool!