The only one here I think might not be appropriate (at least in the way that other fediverse platforms are structured) is dating apps. There's a much greater need for moderation, privacy, and safety when it comes to dating apps.

We do need something different, especially because all the big dating apps are controlled by a single company (and the rest form the rest of the oligopoly), but the Fediverse may not be the right way to do it. Open Source but centralized might be the way to go

Decentralized dating apps is a good way to make women feel incredibly unsafe. Not only is the fedi a more techy nerd crowd, it also has massive moderation issues. It's one bad thing to spam an instance with CP. It's even worse when you can make a fake profile to stalk someone with zero accountability and potentially put them in physical danger, while also being unbannable. I'm sure a rapist/stalker/murderer would totally be stopped by defederating their instance, right? They'd just spam multiple accounts for their target.

Moderation is extremely important here, and so is attracting a crowd which makes or breaks it, which the fedi is 100% not going to ever do. How would the fedi and developers respond if there was even a single rape/murder as a result of their platform and weak moderation? The whole thing would probably collapse.

Meet up groups are similar but not as targeted. That wouldn't be a bad idea though, since I guess someone leaving up a poster in town or something is kind of a form of that.

5. Mobilizon

I want:

• Federated anime lists software - BookWyrm could be repurposed for this
• Torrent trackers - private trackers might be able to work by having each user have a ratio depending on their instance, tracker instances opting in to being viewable by other instances as a whole and/or users individually
• Booru-style image boards
• a Neopets clone

For my final wish, I want a Tiktok clone. I don't really know if this could work while maintaining any level of user privacy, as what makes Tiktok work so well is the sheer amount of personal user data they keep, from watch times to likes to reposts to shares to even knowing what videos you leave the platform on. I think a fediverse-style Tiktok clone would only be accepted if it only relied on likes and reposts for personal algorithms.

Edit: Oh, and good federated wiki software.

What I think is also missing is Disqus alternative too comment on websites with Fediverse accounts. Wordpress has an ActivityPub plugin, but it would be great to have something like this on static sites or other CMS software too.

I want #3 the most.

I think a lot of you are confusing Federation with decentralization. They are not the same thing.

https://noordsestern.medium.com/gitlab-gaining-fediverse-capabilities-4c7da56e918

That would help one of your ideas, probably

Some of these are available as mailing lists. I know it’s not the same thing, but it’s close.

I’m really excited for federated git hosting though. It would be cool to run my own instance and accept pull requests/issues from anyone on whatever instance.

Gancio

Also, check out https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous/ for a comprehensive list of services/apps available in the fediverse.

Yes, bring us the consensus engine

I would certainly be up for Ideas 3 and 5.

I'm not sure 4 could ever be workable, unless the funding, buying and donations can be done on a legal currency that doesn't track payer identity, operator identity or operator information. Like, you know, cash. Because I'm certainly not going to associate my random internet accounts with my IRL banking info. That would literally give banks the ability to censor the Fediverse.