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- selfhosted@lemmy.world
I hadn’t heard of this before, but thought it looked interesting, I was wondering if anyone else had seen it or had thoughts about it? It was initially envisioned by Sir Tim Berners-Lee who created the WWW in 1989 and “urges a decentralized web to counter AI exploitation and ad-driven abuse”
More info here about Bernes-Lee’s thoughts:
https://www.techspot.com/news/109661-tim-breners-lee-urges-decentralized-web-counter-ai.html
From the website:
Imagine having your own online storage, which you control. You store information once and decide who can access what, when you need services like mortgage applications or medical care.
This is what Solid can do. It’s a bit like carrying all your data in a rucksack (backpack) with lots of pockets. To access the data, different apps can only open the pocket you allow them to open, rather than taking the whole rucksack. The rest stays private.
Solid lets people take control of their data and combine it to achieve new results. It gives creators new collaborative tools while passing power back to users. It’s technology that returns the web to its original vision of serving people.


i joined this hype train in 2018ish. and hasnt done a thing since. shame.