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Email is the only truly successful decentralized protocol which is why the OP's statement mentions it. A) Wide global adoption B) Decades of use

• jimktrains2 9y ago
  > Email is the only truly successful decentralized protocol HTTP?
  • radarsat1 9y ago
    HTTP is a transfer protocol, not a semantic protocol. Email at least lets you identify the sender/receiver and other metadata and separate them from the message, HTTP is just "this is the filename, this is the data.." It's not much more than a TCP stream really.
    • jimktrains2 9y ago
      > Email at least lets you identify the sender/receiver I'm not sure of your point. Http also allows you to identify the server. Forwarding mail servers are analogous to caching and forwarding proxies. > other metadata and separate them from the message Just like http. > HTTP is just "this is the filename, this is the data.." It's not much more than a TCP stream really No, it isn't. No more than SMTP, IMAP, and pop3 are.
      • radarsat1 9y ago
        By "sender" and "receiver" I mean person, not server. I truly don't understand why you're on about servers and transport protocols when this thread is about social networks.
        • jimktrains2 9y ago
          > By "sender" and "receiver" I mean person, not server. What's the difference? An email address isn't a person, nor does it represent one. > I truly don't understand why you're on about servers and transport protocols when this thread is about social networks. Because it was mentioned that SMTP is the only decentralized protocol, and I disagreed.