One of the most basic tenets of dpora is to keep users of dpora (i.e., dporians) private. There is no registration process, no email or other data mining, etc. Nonetheless, in order for dpora to work in a technical sense, dporians have to be represented in some arbitrary way in order to distinguish themselves from each other. Otherwise, the technology won’t work, everyone’s words would be each other’s words, and it’ll just be one incomprehensible mess.

So, the solution here is to anonymously register every dporian when they first launch the app. Each device used is assigned a random string of characters. This is their only identification: no IP address, no type of device, nothing. And then this random string can join a group of other random strings. At least, that’s how it’s now designed.

There is also a method designed to keep bad actors from ruining the experience of others. And a user must declare they are over 13 years old to participate.

As of today, the back-end for this setup has been coded and works! :) Much more development needs to happen though, of course, as all the pieces are being created and fit all together.