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A lot of people seem to share the same opinion about quitting Facebook but are hesitant because there aren't many better alternatives. Does this mean there's a
by mdolon 16y ago
A lot of people seem to share the same opinion about quitting Facebook but are hesitant because there aren't many better alternatives. Does this mean there's a market for a secure, more private social network? Maybe one where everything is completely private, unless you decide to make it public to other members.
If people want/need something like that it sounds like a fun weekend (or two) project.
- loup-vaillant 16y agoIf you want an alternative that will never disrespect privacy, you will need to make it distributed. This is because the only way to control your data is to lock it up on your machine, or encrypt it. I wonder if there are standards (protocols) related to distributed "social network".
- retube 16y agoYeah, it what properties/features such a protocol would require. Distributed is the only way to go, where YOU host your data, or at least get to choose a third-party hoster a la e-mail.
- drewp 16y agohttp://www.foaf-project.org/ http://www.foaf-project.org/ is one of the main standards. http://code.google.com/p/xoperator/ http://code.google.com/p/xoperator/ is a bit weird, but I think has some of the right ideas of the distributed SN.