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Formerly known as RedMatrix. The lead developer is the creator of Friendica, which is still kicking: http://friendica.com/ http://friendica.com/ https://en.wi

Formerly known as RedMatrix. The lead developer is the creator of Friendica, which is still kicking: http://friendica.com/ http://friendica.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendica

Animats 11y ago
"Friendica is what Diaspora should have been." Federated social networks are technically interesting, but somebody has to figure out some way to get a user base. It's encouraging to see that Frendica has a few more sites than it did six months ago.[1] But 28 sites isn't many. Especially since many of them seem to be down. I registered for Friendica.eu, which appears to be one of the larger servers. There are a total of 80 people and groups. Response time for any request is 5-10 seconds. (Behind the scenes, it's PHP.) There's an IRC server, but nobody is on the #friendica channel. Overall, it feels like using a BBS system from the 1980s. There's already spam. "Natrol Fat Intercept Tablets, Green Coffee Bean with Raspberry Ketones…" "Galaxy Phone..." I'd like to see someone replace Facebook with a federated system, but it doesn't look like Friendica can do it. [1] http://dir.friendica.com/siteinfo http://dir.friendica.com/siteinfo
- eterm 11y ago
  I think you've hit the nail on the head with the spam comment. In a federated system, it is up to everyone to protect themselves against spam. We put up with it for email, because in the most part it pre-dated other solutions. I don't think people will put up with it for social networking.
  - icebraining 11y ago
    Closed social networks have plenty of spam. I'd say the main difference is that on email, you get messages from everyone, whereas in most social networks, you need to voluntarily subscribe to someone's feed to get their messages; that alone massively cuts down on the efficiency of spam.
    - reitoei 11y ago
      I see tons of spam on Facebook from 'friends'.
    - pjc50 11y ago
      All social networks need an "introduction" system of some sort so people can find you, and some of those introductions will be spam. For example, on twitter there are fake accounts that will follow you in the hope of getting you to look at their spam profile.
  - Animats 11y ago
    I was amazed that anyone was bothering to spam Frendicia. The audience is so tiny.
- pjc50 11y ago
  For-profit social networks have a central actor with funds to advertise the network and do the tedious labour of managing spam and abuse. Without a central actor you're limited to very slow organic growth and persuading people to volunteer to clean up.
- buovjaga 11y ago
  > There's an IRC server, but nobody is on the #friendica channel. I see 17 people now on the channel @ Freenode. Maybe you were using some other IRC server?

Animats 11y ago

"Friendica is what Diaspora should have been." Federated social networks are technically interesting, but somebody has to figure out some way to get a user base. It's encouraging to see that Frendica has a few more sites than it did six months ago.[1] But 28 sites isn't many. Especially since many of them seem to be down. I registered for Friendica.eu, which appears to be one of the larger servers. There are a total of 80 people and groups. Response time for any request is 5-10 seconds. (Behind the scenes, it's PHP.) There's an IRC server, but nobody is on the #friendica channel. Overall, it feels like using a BBS system from the 1980s. There's already spam. "Natrol Fat Intercept Tablets, Green Coffee Bean with Raspberry Ketones…" "Galaxy Phone..." I'd like to see someone replace Facebook with a federated system, but it doesn't look like Friendica can do it. [1] http://dir.friendica.com/siteinfo http://dir.friendica.com/siteinfo

eterm 11y ago
I think you've hit the nail on the head with the spam comment. In a federated system, it is up to everyone to protect themselves against spam. We put up with it for email, because in the most part it pre-dated other solutions. I don't think people will put up with it for social networking.
- icebraining 11y ago
  Closed social networks have plenty of spam. I'd say the main difference is that on email, you get messages from everyone, whereas in most social networks, you need to voluntarily subscribe to someone's feed to get their messages; that alone massively cuts down on the efficiency of spam.
  - reitoei 11y ago
    I see tons of spam on Facebook from 'friends'.
  - pjc50 11y ago
    All social networks need an "introduction" system of some sort so people can find you, and some of those introductions will be spam. For example, on twitter there are fake accounts that will follow you in the hope of getting you to look at their spam profile.
- Animats 11y ago
  I was amazed that anyone was bothering to spam Frendicia. The audience is so tiny.
pjc50 11y ago
For-profit social networks have a central actor with funds to advertise the network and do the tedious labour of managing spam and abuse. Without a central actor you're limited to very slow organic growth and persuading people to volunteer to clean up.
buovjaga 11y ago
> There's an IRC server, but nobody is on the #friendica channel. I see 17 people now on the channel @ Freenode. Maybe you were using some other IRC server?