Since many years I try to think of something that could replace the spam infested email. But so far I don't have a reasonable idea. Maybe there is one out there and I just don't know. Can somebody point me to something as close as possible to email but without the spam problem (or other issues that are even worse like dependence on a platform)?
Even the federated social networks feel like a waste of time compared to email. They seem to encourage people to mostly post content I am not interested in. Therefore, I don't use it.
I crave an open standard to exchange content using a meshed network without any centralised components. I should be able to reach any publicly available resource without the need to ask any centralised service. I want to bypass providers as much as the DNS.
A big problem right now is that most computers aren't locally connected. They are only connected to a provider. Therefore, very few systems would be able to connect to any point of interest without depending on a single entity that acts as a gate keeper. In some areas are local projects to change that. But in my area the technical demands for participating are to big for someone like me.
In an ideal world I would be able to publish any content on a dedicated storage space on my own device and I could always decide who can access which information on there. My working environment would be shielded from direct online access and if someone left a message for me I would be able to pull it from his or her device onto my own. I wouldn't need a contract with any provider to have a permanently available public space. If somebody new would want to motivate me to collect a message on his or her storage space they would only be able to send an identifying ping with very few words describing what it is about. Pulling information could be save since I would always be able to decide if I want to run programs and with what permissions.
The Interpanetary File System has some nice features but I think it falls short of what I imagine.