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The foundation of personal computing is the filesystem. The foundation of the internet is a networked filesystem. The foundation of a new social web will likely be a social filesystem. (It remains an ope question if atproto is such a foundation)

𝕮@chrisshank.com

It seems a fork lies ahead, is atproto a portable database for a bunch of apps or a new type of post-app, social filesystem?

12/1/26, 7:44 pm4 reposts41 likes

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@chrisshank.com

12 Jan

The filesystem of the personal computer is a freely addressable surface for accessing data saved in memory. Desktop applications used to be the ways that we interact with such data. Such a filesystem symbolizes *your* data.

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@chrisshank.com

12 Jan

The Internet’s networked filesystem is a freely addressable surface for accessing other people’s files. HTML pages are the default applications to interact with such files. Such a filesystem has come to symbolize destinations to visit.

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@chrisshank.com

12 Jan

A social filesystem for a new social web is a freely addressable surface for *our* data and relationships. Applications will be the default way to interact with such data, but I think will ultimately reduce such potential. Such a filesystem should symbolize our interconnected identifies.

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@seoul.systems

12 Jan

I think an important factor to keep in mind here is privacy. Most of the time what we shared of us online until now was through our own initiative by means of proprietary owned apps. Of course exceptions like Dropbox exist but even here the default is non-public data. Sharing was a conscious effort!