Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) is a resource about community, decentralization, peer-to-peer systems, and social. In the OT archive, this entry is tagged as: community, decentralization, p2p, social — a shorthand for the kinds of practice and politics it connects to. Beyond the headline: Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) is included here because it helps imagine technology as something collective — built, maintained, and argued about in public — rather than only as a private product. If you follow the link, you will usually find primary documentation, community governance, or ongoing work that is hard to summarize in a single paragraph. Treat this page as a bookmark and a doorway, not a replacement for reading the source.