3 ms·
Federated protocols have been used for email and message boards. Multiple times, in fact, counting FIDO and Usenet and Bitnet as separate developments. So it
by msla 5y ago
Federated protocols have been used for email and message boards.
Multiple times, in fact, counting FIDO and Usenet and Bitnet as separate developments.
So it isn't like this is a new idea, or like it's impossible to do with current copyright law.
- jefurii 5y agoAlso the phone system, per the video. That's run by large corporations, often with monopolies, but at least they interoperate.
- riffic 5y agoit's amazing the international telephone system even worked at all. ma bell was quite centralized but there were many attempts to get them to interoperate both domestically and internationally, even to the point of having a very rigorous regulation regime (nationalization too.)
- strogonoff 5y agoIf we required all big social to interoperate (open complete APIs, etc.) it would solve a lot of woes.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoIn fact Usenet is still very much alive for the purpose of evading said copyright laws Sadly it's no longer alive for its original purpose :(