Information overload, spam, and abuse can be serious problems for decentralized applications that allow strangers to interact with each other directly. The patterns in this category therefore deal primarily with applications where content and users are publicly discoverable. By integrating the patterns, applications will be more useful to a wider set of communities, and will help keep vulnerable people safer from online abuse.
Patterns
- Cautious Optimism — Build opportunities for detecting and reacting to bad behavior
- Conditional File Sharing — Help users collectively keep data online
- Content Curators — Choice, flexibility, and control over feeds.
- Prioritize Backup — Prioritizing backup is crucial for competing with centralized services that provide long-term storage.
- Social Radius Slider — Control information overload in large networks.
- Tombstones — Protect privacy & safety through networked deletion
- Village or City — Set clear expectations around the kinds of social interactions you want to see.