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barter network using twitter to build a ‘signalling network’ let people trade for things they want or have let people see through walls solve everyday problems for ordinary folks not just for geeks

using twitter to build a ‘signalling network’

let people trade for things they want or have

let people see through walls

solve everyday problems for ordinary folks not just for geeks

citybot examples #have extra carrots in my garden #free #need volunteer help at a gallery now #have bicycle for sale #need pizza #organic now

#have extra carrots in my garden #free

#need volunteer help at a gallery now

#have bicycle for sale

#need pizza #organic now

what is twitter popular - a critical mass of users only single link networks! wtf? no concept of groups fails to follow the maxim 'the more similar to irc the more success' owned by somebody; not federated

popular - a critical mass of users

only single link networks! wtf?

no concept of groups

fails to follow the maxim 'the more similar to irc the more success'

owned by somebody; not federated

what is craigslist true to its audience minimalist very very good; helped me find my dog for example; critical mass slow turnaround poor location features

true to its audience

minimalist

very very good; helped me find my dog for example; critical mass

slow turnaround

poor location features

citybot first steps very early effort just shows wants and haves effectively adds ‘groups’ to twitter maps peoples locations

very early effort

just shows wants and haves

effectively adds ‘groups’ to twitter

maps peoples locations

citybot next? lots of possible choices active matchmaking is probably next let people matchmake between other people humans make better matchmakers than machines hybrid approach; search and filter with some automated matchmaking - trust filtering

lots of possible choices

active matchmaking is probably next

let people matchmake between other people

humans make better matchmakers than machines

hybrid approach; search and filter with some automated matchmaking

- trust filtering

citybot hopes federated, open, free support for privacy promoted in some way quietly enhances quality of life for folks

federated, open, free

support for privacy

promoted in some way

quietly enhances quality of life for folks

closing at some level new ideas probably have to be heretical and transgressive cash is expensive but has enforcability; what does it take to build alternative systems that have some of the same attributes as cash? we’re pretty distant from the street today but a real economic collapse could happen. if you can’t feel it you can’t fix it?

at some level new ideas probably have to be heretical and transgressive

cash is expensive but has enforcability; what does it take to build alternative systems that have some of the same attributes as cash?

we’re pretty distant from the street today but a real economic collapse could happen. if you can’t feel it you can’t fix it?