Okuna.io

okuna.io

19 points·tvthiel··10 comments

Does anyone else hate these super-vague headlines? A domain by itself should not be an acceptable headline.

Apparently it's open source, the repos can be found here:

Most of the reactions I saw here are rather negative. Did just no one of the other commenters dig deeper and simply react pessimistic to anything with the label "social network" or are there substantial issues, that I missed?

I think it's more like people are sceptical of anyone claiming to be "ethical and privacy focused" while taking VC money...

The Google/Fitbit acquisition is still fresh in everyone's minds. That's going to color the perception of any new app/site that has the potential to gather information about you for some time to come.

Privacy friendly.

Source: dude, trust me.

Doesn't care enough about accessibility/usability to make a simple content page noJS-accessible...

Centralized...

Uses Recaptcha for contact form...

I think I'll have to pass.

Looks great. Any idea who is backing it financially?

Looks like it started as a Kickstarter project, but it would be interesting to see who's funding it now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1520156881/openbook-pri...

https://www.okuna.io/en/faq

They're apparently looking for an Angel investor: https://www.okuna.io/en/angel

In case you read the comments before clicking the link:

> an ethical social network for a brighter tomorrow.

"Beta coming mid 2019"

Oops.

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