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So, diaspora*? https://diasporafoundation.org/ https://diasporafoundation.org/ Unfortunately it never really caught on.

• colordrops 11y ago
  Yes, I believe diaspora was a social network of this sort. But it's just one example, and not an indictment of decentralized social networking in general. Your address book + SMTP is a decentralized social network that caught on just fine. The only difference is that it was designed and built before corporate interests were the driving forces behind new standards (or lack thereof).