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Please don't get me wrong, I really like the idea, I just think that my non tech savvy friends will immediately dismiss the idea of "normality" we have come to

by Newky 15y ago

Please don't get me wrong, I really like the idea, I just think that my non tech savvy friends will immediately dismiss the idea of "normality" we have come to assume with the facebook pages always being on. The hard truth is many of the people I talk to use facebook primarily to look at other peoples pages, if you look at facebook chat now and see exactly how many are online, it at best makes about half of your friends invisible. I think this is a better solution than facebook if feasible to implement

pessimizer 15y ago
If all of that facebook-page-type-stuff was saved on the wart, then we wouldn't be prevented from browsing through it while they were personally offline with their computer powered down. I assume that would be the plan - but if I'm wrong, I would share your doubts about this catching on as a drop-in facebook replacement. -edit- To be clear, I'm imagining pictures, an activity stream, a presence server, and maybe a calendar and a blog sitting directly on the wart - independent of a separate computer to such an extent that a person wouldn't even have to own an actual desktop or laptop to use the appliance to its full extent, maybe just a cell phone app to update these things, or even updating them through public or other people's computers over the internet. If friendly neighbors left their freedomboxes open to your through traffic, it might not even necessitate a local internet connection.
- Newky 15y ago
  Ok, sorry my original comment was incorrect, I meant "by me being offline" by the physical device being unplugged or say electricity lost. And yes the wall plug idea is nice and really I would love this to be a reality, but there will have to be some sort of breakthrough in this distributed nature. Some sort of p2p hosting solution, not sure how it would work exactly.
  - pessimizer 15y ago
    Noticed from the Kickstarter page: "Such boxes exist in the form of plug computers and mesh routers, tiny, inexpensive machines that can take the place of other electronics in your life, that draw so little power (often as little as 5W) that they can be run off of batteries or solar panels." http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/721744279/push-the-freedombox-foundation-from-0-to-60-in-30/ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/721744279/push-the-freed...

by Newky 15y ago

pessimizer 15y ago

If all of that facebook-page-type-stuff was saved on the wart, then we wouldn't be prevented from browsing through it while they were personally offline with their computer powered down. I assume that would be the plan - but if I'm wrong, I would share your doubts about this catching on as a drop-in facebook replacement. -edit- To be clear, I'm imagining pictures, an activity stream, a presence server, and maybe a calendar and a blog sitting directly on the wart - independent of a separate computer to such an extent that a person wouldn't even have to own an actual desktop or laptop to use the appliance to its full extent, maybe just a cell phone app to update these things, or even updating them through public or other people's computers over the internet. If friendly neighbors left their freedomboxes open to your through traffic, it might not even necessitate a local internet connection.

Newky 15y ago
Ok, sorry my original comment was incorrect, I meant "by me being offline" by the physical device being unplugged or say electricity lost. And yes the wall plug idea is nice and really I would love this to be a reality, but there will have to be some sort of breakthrough in this distributed nature. Some sort of p2p hosting solution, not sure how it would work exactly.
- pessimizer 15y ago
  Noticed from the Kickstarter page: "Such boxes exist in the form of plug computers and mesh routers, tiny, inexpensive machines that can take the place of other electronics in your life, that draw so little power (often as little as 5W) that they can be run off of batteries or solar panels." http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/721744279/push-the-freedombox-foundation-from-0-to-60-in-30/ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/721744279/push-the-freed...