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Federation is important because the average web user today is less likely to regularly visit individual sites than in the past. People tend to only visit new co
by Mediterraneo10 9y ago
Federation is important because the average web user today is less likely to regularly visit individual sites than in the past. People tend to only visit new content if it shows up in their social network's feed. So, if you create content with a tool, but that tool doesn't post the content across social news feeds where people will actually find it, what's the point?
- BugsJustFindMe 9y ago> Federation is important because ...<something entirely unrelated to what mediagoblin does> What problem is mediagoblin actually trying to solve? Is it organizing your media or is it being a new social network? Because one of those makes sense and one of them does not. > So, if you create content with a... Mediagoblin isn't for creating anything, and it certainly isn't a network client. It is (ugh, should be) a tool for organizing your media. Know what's a really great technology for sharing media? Hyperlinks. We built a visual web that is literally world-wide using them. Know what people don't have any trouble sharing media to using hyperlinks already? All of their social networks. Know what hyperlinks don't need? Years of effort spent chasing a white whale. Mediagoblin still has a chance to be OpenFlickr if they would just stop faffing about with things that don't have any connection to it and start focusing on core competencies and important things like installability.