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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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    John Backus‏ @backus Jul 9

    Most file sharing “histories” start with Napster in 1999 More interesting to rewind to 1997 when RIAA took down @dweekly’s mp3 website. Starting at pure centralization, p2p’s evolution becomes legible: decentralizing as little as possible w/ new legal precedents set annually

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    • Nick Parker Brendon Anthony Anna Brandon Arvanaghi danthedecentralist Autumnal Misha jeet🐊 RideTheLightning⚡️ jameschurchman
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      2. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 9

        From perspective of UX, p2p’s evolution is backwards: centralized downloads are easier than BitTorrent Decentralization on its own also makes no sense too. Freenet brought decentralization and anonymity in 2000. Decentralized product/market fit serves two masters: users and law

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 9

        A double pendulum’s trajectory looks chaotic. The motion of one part affects the other. The trajectory makes some sense if you watch how the forces interact I like this as imagery for product/market fit when decentralization is involved. Law and UX both influencing adoptionpic.twitter.com/xkLuBs4ATA

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      4. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 9

        Double pendulum product/market fit for p2p: • Centralized mp3 Servers: UX • Link-only websites: swing towards decentralization • Napster: swing towards UX • Likewise (Gnutella): decentralization • Kazaa/eDonkey: UX (better search) • BitTorrent: decentralization

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      2. Scott Manley‏ @DJSnM Jul 9
        Replying to @backus @dweekly

        Yep I got nastygrams from music industry lawyers in 1995 for my web page hosting a collection of mp2 and .au Prince Bootlegs. Before this people shared them on newsgroups or the occasional open ftp server.

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      3. Scott Manley‏ @DJSnM Jul 9
        Replying to @DJSnM @backus @dweekly

        Newsgroups were sorta decentralized, but inevitably people lost chunks of files and it was a hassle.

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      4. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 9
        Replying to @DJSnM @dweekly

        Interesting! What sort traffic did you see to your mp2 blog? If I remember correctly, @dweekly was getting something like 2k visitors/day to his mp3 site in 97

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      5. Scott Manley‏ @DJSnM Jul 9
        Replying to @backus @dweekly

        Anyway, lawyers were asking for content takedowns on the internet for as long as I've been on the internet.

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