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1. Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jul-2018 08:03:00 EDT Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅
   I do quite like #scuttlebutt. The electron app and javascript implementation might not be the greatest, but being able to handle intermittent connectivity and peer discovery in an easy way makes it very suitable for mesh systems.
   
   The main barrier to entry is that it's not web based, so you have to install a separate program and remember to set it to start up on boot. Similar to ZeroNet. It's not a big barrier, but enough to stop many potential users.
   
   Also the Patchwork UI doesn't give the new user any guidance about how to connect to a pub and find other users to follow. It needs some initial setup screen.
   1. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jul-2018 20:14:35 EDT hosh

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      It's kind of the extreme opposite to Zot, in that identity is not even nomadic between one's own devices. At a time when all of us use several different machines or change them frequently, this doesn't seem usable until the issue is solved.
      
      From the Scuttlebutt FAQ:
      
      Can I post from different devices?
      
      Or rather: can I use scuttlebutt on different devices, but maintain the same identity? For example: updating my Patchwork feed from my home and work computer?
      
      Currently, you cannot. Identities are tied to a single user on a single device. You could use scuttlebutt on multiple devices, but you would be maintaining multiple identities and feeds.