I think the only way a federated social network could possibly take off in the current environment (one in which launching new Internet protocols is really, rea

I think the only way a federated social network could possibly take off in the current environment (one in which launching new Internet protocols is really, really hard) is by piggybacking on the most-successful one that already exists. Yes, that's right. Its transport protocol has to be email. Maybe with a side of RSS.