@kensanata @sajith I will say I am also starting to agree with you too. However, I think that it is exactly because people aren't "kicking the tires". Many of the features are super new; chat, teams and git remotes were just this year. I would say this is an extremely active project:
https://github.com/keybase/client/pulse
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@sajith @kensanata Funding is definitely a concern too. $10M can go only a couple years if you are fit and trim. Much of their stuff is #FLOSS though.
Their primary investor has an interesting portfolio, geared towards human beings as people, not products (from what I see)
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/andreessen-horowitz
I plan on stepping back and just watching for a bit myself. I suspect if the company folds, much of its tech will be easily forkable.
@kensanata @sajith No, I am not a shill...
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but was very interested in where this was going to go. So not uninstalling, just lurking.
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@PresGas @kensanata Yes, certainly Keybase is a good project that could/should do a lot better. I actually would like to see them thriving rather than the Ubers an Facebooks of the world, you know? :-)
It's just that I don't have a network of people that are already on Keybase.
I just finished reading "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" by Ben Horowitz. I understand they're different from more traditional Silicon Valley VC firms, but even they would eventually want a profit.
@sajith @kensanata Well, since I am hanging back and lurking, I will be there. Sometimes grassroots efforts start of very tiny.
So maybe we just take a step back, and be sloooooooow about it. :-)
I will be there if you come back. I will also be here too!
@sajith @kensanata I think the desktop app is pretty okay. It is the android app that is in need of fat trimming.
@PresGas @kensanata That is good to know! It probably won't run very well in my ancient Android phone.
@sajith @kensanata I will also say I have been thinking about using the public parts of #kbfs and keybase.pub to make a static blog of sorts.
Now to find a static cms that would work well for it...
@PresGas @kensanata Oh I hope to come back someday. Although it is a chicken and egg problem. :-)
And I hope they make a leaner desktop app.