`/nod`. I hear ya. RSS and mutable torrents seem like a fine starting place (if only to learn from), and I think we could argue ActivityPub's community has attempted to work on this problem. I worry that if we can't achieve the underlying distributed network (and effective DHTs [or the overlays on them] have a very long way to go, imho), we will lack the proper testing grounds to even know what the fitting standard(s) should be at some level. I hope I'm wrong about that.
I could see federated networks perfecting some aspects of self-sovereign, decentralizable identities or portable logical accounts, as well as fitting standards for sharing the data we find most salient among that federation. It's a start. I can't say something like Mastadon has succeeded here, but these amazing projects simply haven't received the funding they deserve. I could also imagine a centralized, for-profit institution creating something similar, but it would be a trade secret. I hope we find the answer before they do.
I'm not going to work on that problem until I have an underlying p2p network meant to actually replace at least the web (and, I am, of course, a huge fan of Sir pfrazee's astounding work in this sphere). I consider that an extremely tall task as it is, and, so far (and I say this with profound [[gratitude]] for those who have worked to solve the problem), nothing comes even close.
It's a pleasure to meet you, btw.