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List:       freedesktop-create
Subject:    Re: [CREATE] off topic: decentralised social networking
From:       Jon Phillips <jon () rejon ! org>
Date:       2010-04-27 0:40:50
Message-ID: v2pd21bc5f51004261740vcdc0f0e6j34741452de315e7b () mail ! gmail ! com
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I haven't seen this. Looks like its funded by vodafone (big company!).
You've seen what I'm working on, right: http://status.net and using
the http://ostatus.org protocol mashup and we built http://identi.ca

Jon

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Schrijver <eric@authoritism.net> wrote:
> Since I became social network junky I worry a lot about the privacy implications of \
> such centralised non-free software. So I figured social networking should be \
> distributed. And also figured that this would be a ludicrous hassle to implement. 
> But last week I came across the onesocialweb project.
> Their code went online last week (under the apache license). They rigged openfire \
> XMPP (instant messaging) servers so that they have social functionality. You set up \
> your on social network on such a server, and these servers can subsequently connect \
> into what they call ‘the federation'. Distributed, connected! 
> http://onesocialweb.org
> Since the release the first few nodes have already gone online.
> 
> I just wanted to point to this project because I think this and similar software \
> can only become something if we start playing with it. Otherwise it just stays a \
> lab project or thought experiment… &social networking is here to stay, and in \
> spite of common scepsis I believe it can be quite stimulating for creatives. 
> Cheers,
> 
> Eric Schrijver
> 
> ps
> 
> found this via the comments on the proposals at
> http://wingolog.org/archives/2010/04/10/towards-a-gnu-autonomous-cloud
> much more interesting links in the comments including
> http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=1338 Eben Moglen; Freedom in the cloud
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