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Scuttlebutt is the first one that comes to mind. One of the more popular clients is Patchwork, which can be downloaded here:

https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork/releases

Another awesome one is Fritter (a twitter clone), which can be used with the dat protocol and through the Beaker browser. More details here:

https://github.com/beakerbrowser/fritter

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Just checked out scuttlebutt. Everything published is public on the network and is immutable. Forever.

Cool project for sure but seems like a bad tech to build a social network on.

I dunno. There's something nice about holding people accountable to past statements. There's also something nice about knowing that "If I hit submit, I'll be stuck with this FOREVER" People tend to be a bit more thoughtful in that scenario. The thoughtless jerks aren't, of course, but there's not much that can be done about them in any social network.

Practically speaking the only thing anyone every _really_ complains about is the inability to edit typos.

Immutable, yes, but you can create encrypted posts. Also, you can set up your own custom network and private pubs if you want.

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