The Idea of an Immutable Social Media
Screenshots get faked, posts get quietly deleted, and nobody can prove who said what anymore. I sketched out a design that tries to fix that with hashes, timestamps, and a blockchain. Poking holes in it here.
I'm Appaji, or Appu, if you're feeling friendly. I graduated from IIT Patna with a degree in Computer Science (B. Tech). Currently, I'm working as a Web Solutions Engineer at Google, where I spend most of my time on ML and figuring out how to actually put LLMs to work on real business problems. Before this, I worked at Infinite Reality, building for the spatial web - things like Volumetric videos (streaming GLB animations on demand) and engine-level work. Also, big Harry Potter fan. If you're curious about any of this, or just wanna chat, say hi.
Screenshots get faked, posts get quietly deleted, and nobody can prove who said what anymore. I sketched out a design that tries to fix that with hashes, timestamps, and a blockchain. Poking holes in it here.
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