Seems like it would be really hard for it to hit critical mass of users but I really like the premise of the platform, I'll have to make an account

Thanks for posting it! ☺️

It says it has Mastodon integration, but what about lemmy?

Pretty neat. There's one post in the same city. Another one about 150 km away, and third one about 350 km away. I really expected everyone to be like at least 3 Mm away from me.

they're also adding support for events:

#FediHood now supports #ActivityPub events, which means it is compatible with software such as #Mobilizon. You can create and receive events in the area you selected.

Joining and leaving events is not implemented yet.

https://toot.fedilab.app/@apps/117135294099685805

sounds very interesting! i am moving to a new city next month so i would love finding some localised stuff more easily :D

any screenshots of what it looks like when signed in?

Cool. We need something other than NextDoor. I’m like, I know you people! You don’t act this way in person!

Hmm, I was hoping the source-code would give some disclosure on LLM use, but it is just a single commit and doesn't mention LLM use. Call me jaded, but that feels a bit like covering your tracks to avoid that topic being raised.

Well, there are 5 posts in my state in germany, but the idea is cool.

That's really promising, I have to test this

This seems unreasonable to me:

Only one browser at a time holds the keys decrypting new messages, moving needs a fresh backup from the active browser.

Messages sent after the backup was taken stay unreadable on this browser.

Neat idea, kinda like Nextdoor but not full of Facebook moms

this sounds neat!

Cool - I joined

So it’s holos.social on a server? Did I get that right?

Interesting idea.

Signed on with GMX e-mail address for account recovery, confirmation email went into the spam folder.

Except for that, very nice registration process.

Does it federate with regular Mastodon instances?

Tried signing up with a proton email but still haven't received a confirmation. Are there currently problems with sign ups?

I made an account yesterday and it all seemed fine but after some hours it went empty. Can't see any posts or anything and my profile is empty as well with a "?" as an icon 🤔

Technical comment:

Sign-in from the web uses a JWT.

JWT is not meant for staying signed in for a long time, because they cannot be revoked without logging out everyone on the website. They are meant for short-time sessions only. The OWASP Session Management Cheat Sheet doesn't even mention them as a possibility for session management.

Make it so you can browse without an account. I'd like to look before committing to signing up (as many other people likely will, too)

How neat! I just signed up, not really expecting anyone to be nearby just yet. Turns out there's one other user in my entire state, and we chose the same city. What are the odds?

I hope this catches on, it seems cool!

Looks cool! There is no AI disclosure and only one commit. Was this made without AI?

This is awesome! It solves the "global" feed problem of mastodon, since it allows to post to certain topics, and by limiting the feed to local people, there is a lot less irrelevant stuff.