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Great. After today's blows against open Internet (Reddit, Twitter, YouTube) I started to consider IPv6 as a necessary enabler of truly decentralized (as in p2p or POSSE) social networks.

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IPv6 is a lot more address space; does that mean it's easier to host static routes and therefore servers, making it easier to self-host things?

The main thing is, I was thinking, there's no^W less NAT so you can host those 140 character entries directly from your devices and you can avoid things like DHT. Now we can start solving other problems like masses having to own domains or that interactivity is orders of magnitude less efficient than using a traditional database.

Maybe like an appliance, like a toaster? Minimal maintenance, easy to get started out of the box, and just enough friction to tempt competition.

A video call, an extra latop, guidance as straightforward as installing a web browser--but now 140 chars (or video from camera) go to that self-hosted server.

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