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So, if I'm reading this right, the servers will be totally distributed? I don't care about a Facebook replacement so much as a totally distributed file-sharing

by garply 16y ago

So, if I'm reading this right, the servers will be totally distributed? I don't care about a Facebook replacement so much as a totally distributed file-sharing system where trust and recommendations are based on my real-life friends. It seems like that could happen with this. Also, I think file-sharing is a great hook for the everyday Joe. And it's somewhere Facebook can't easily go.

messel 16y ago
Couldn't agree more. The system they cook up will be one of many websocket wielding filesharing services. What will they do for browsers without websockets, flash supports sockets (cofounder Tyler hacked out a quick fallback). Maybe it's better to just not suppor older browsers?
- djacobs 16y ago
  My guess is that people who are interested in Diaspora, at least at first, are current on their web browsers. I think there's a trend among web services (esp. Google) to prod even everyday people away from older browsers, especially IE6. Then again, if they want widespread adoption, they can't just support HTML5-compliant browsers. Hmm...
oldgregg 16y ago
Yes, a private dropbox/pirate bay among your trusted network of friends is 100% win. Easy to use and virtually invincible to RIAA claims. Heck, include a VLC browser plugin to make it all seemless.
endergen 16y ago
This was already done by Facebook and I assumed removed for liability reasons. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirehog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirehog Though I do agree that the distributed nature provided you have encryption will make it very hard to catch people sharing files. Though if you stream the videos/images/books from your site to read/watch them you can get caught at that point(If ISPs complied with CopyRight enforcement strategies.)