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Pden, pronounced Pen, is a decentralized social networking app where you can share your thoughts, explore thoughts of interesting people and interact with like minded people in an environment free from social media noise. Pden helps you be your better self while interacting with others online. We are bringing mindfulness and civility in online conversations by creating a space to facilitate responses rather than evoking reactions.
Ownership of data and identity
You own your data and identity. Your Thoughts and Social Graph are stored in a decentralized storage system that you own. The day you stop loving us you can take your data and identity and move on.
Non algorithmic
Your feed is in plain and simple chronological order. Exactly the way it happened. No algorithms to decide what is good and bad for you.
No vanity metrics
No follower counts, no retweets/share counts, no false reputation metrics. Whom we follow and what we share/like/retweet has become a derivative of how many people are liking that. Not showing counts would help users focus more on the content than the numbers around that.
Discussion v0.1
To help facilitate mindful conversations around your Thoughts. It cannot be shared out of context to avoid misinterpretation. Discussion v0.1 is currently centralized and we'll be moving to a decentralized one shortly. Stay tuned for v0.2, a new way to engage in online discussions.
Thoughts
Post thoughts you want to share with the world. It could be anything, your status, an update, an expression or some random musing.
Book
Your profile is your Book. Borrow books and you'll start getting 'Thoughts' of other users in your feed. A public short-form diary which you share with the world.
Shelf
List of books you have borrowed. We don't show the number of books you have borrowed. You have to browse through your shelf to see what books you have borrowed.
Spread
Forward 'Thoughts' you feel worth spreading to people who follow you. The number of Spread count and Users that spread the Thought are not revealed.
Pden is powered by Blockstack's open source software and you'll require a Blockstack id to sign in to Pden.
Here are some instructions to help you in case you get stuck:
1. Download and install Pden app
2. Click 'sign in' with Blockstack.
3. Open with your default web browser. Sign in if you have Blockstack id, else, select 'Create new ID' and setup your blockstack account.
4. Sign in to Pden with your Blockstack ID and make your first post.