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What "special sauce" does Facebook have that couldn't be implemented as a self-installed "plugin" on a personal web site? - It'd be nice to be able to plug my
by frankus 19y ago
What "special sauce" does Facebook have that couldn't be implemented as a self-installed "plugin" on a personal web site?
- It'd be nice to be able to plug my favorite artist/author/etc. So I'd vote for whatever ads the profile owner wants to put on his/her profile.
- Why not have each person's data held under the watchful eye of the hosting provider they're already with?
- Last I checked you can delete your 1and1/dreamhost/whatever account any time you want by no longer paying them.
- And it could be a GPLed project.
- antiismist 19y agoI think these are interesting points, and the dream project would have to be syndicatable so hackers could roll their own pages as you suggest. The issue is that facebook is great because so many people are on it. So for the dream project to work, it has to be really easy to set up. I am guessing that the average user does not want to grab a dreamhost account, install software, etc.
- wmf 19y agoWhile you're not monetizing things, you might as well create a new Web server OS where it's actually easy to install applications.