My list of services I still miss on the fediverse

PropaGandalf@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.world – 112 points –

Hello folks

I don't think I'm the only one here who thinks the fediverse is a great technology that connects people all over the world via a robust decentralised network. This network encompasses the widest range of interest groups and the most diverse ways of interacting with each other. Whether forum, video or image platform, whether books or music network, everything is part of one big whole.

Despite this diversity of possibilities, I personally still miss some services that I would like to share with you.

  1. dating apps - A decentralised, open source dating platform on which you can join instances according to interest groups or sexual preferences.
  2. git hosting - A platform where you can host your git repos and collaborate on software projects across instances. (Forgejo is already working on it)
  3. networking and personal profilation platform - A LinkedIn-like platform with instances by industry, interest or region where you can network, present yourself or exchange know-how.
  4. crowdfunding and membership platform - A mixture of Patreon and Kickstarter where you can share your own content according to different support levels and crowdfund projects.
  5. event, group organisation and community participation - A platform on which you can join groups like on Meetup and organise meetings but also internal group interactions like on slack or launch and support civic initiatives like on Decidim.

What do you think of this? What services do you still miss on the Fediverse?

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For your information: We already have a centralized, open source dating app. It’s called Alovoa.

The dev is also open to activitypub support

Problems with problematic users can be solved by explicit whitelisting, or having credit card verification.

Yes if there’s one thing I want out of a dating app, it’s being able to give my CC info over to any schlub who wants to spin up an instance

Does not have to be a random instance but a reputable one like mastodon social, and it can be optional, people give cc to random shops online and you could do a charge back or even use paypal and patreon (as long as they respect warrants), reportedly 1 in 6 women gets raped or experience an attempt at rape so making women safer is good.