I have long predicted that Telegram is the next facebook, but far better. Telegram is yet another centralized social network that is rolling out payments, video, etc.<p>It's not open source backend or customizable. But it's probably the most libertarian/freest one from the closed source solutions, that won't kick you off, and the software is very good.<p>We could consider integrating with them (for example, instead of connecting your mobile via sms, you could connect your telegram and then receive notifications there from some FTL bot).<p><i>PROBLEM</i><p>Still, of course, keep in mind it's a closed source and proprietary backend:<p><a href="https://yalantis.com/blog/whats-wrong-telegram-open-api/" rel="nofollow">https://yalantis.com/blog/whats-wrong-telegram-open-api/</a><p>If you want an open source network to power "Web 2.0" communities, there aren't many good solutions. Diaspora, Matrix, Mastodon, Inrupt, etc. are just not on the same level as Telegram for regular users.<p>For Web 1.0 we have Wordpress, which powers 40% of all websites in the world now. But somehow for Web 2.0 there are no good alternatives, so all our public discourse is taking place on privately owned platforms, and now the US government has put out bills seeking to break up big tech. How about trying a more libertarian solution first: open source.<p><i>SOLUTION</i><p>We've been building something for the last 10 years, and giving it away as open source: <a href="https://github.com/Qbix" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Qbix</a><p>Here is a demo that we did for Yang's campaign two years ago, and kept it around as a demo, it has payments, video, etc. also but it uses open Web standards like WebRTC and WebPayments to do so, and it's completely open source: <a href="https://yang2020.app" rel="nofollow">https://yang2020.app</a><p><i>PS</i><p>Web 3.0 is value transfer and programmable smart contracts, e.g. Ethereum web3 l9brary, etc. That happens to be radically open source (just like Web 1.0) because (for now) these blockhains and the code they run are all public, and you are encouraged to verify your smart contracts on EtherScan, etc.