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Thank you very much for responding. I would like to clarify that OpenBook is not a new social network.It just shows a person's facebook feed and pics like the
by nodemaker 15y ago
Thank you very much for responding.
I would like to clarify that OpenBook is not a new social network.It just shows a person's facebook feed and pics like the official app.Call it a facebook for iphone clone if you will.
- patio11 15y agoAh, my mistake. OK, back to the question: who does this code solve a problem for? Facebook already has an app to do this and it is highly likely that theirs is superior to yours. Additionally, folks don't pay THEM for it, either.
- nodemaker 15y agoIts true that it doesnt really solve anything.I just made it last year to see if I can. (Actually I built HackerNode from the same code which does solve a problem for folks trying to read HN on iOS devices) But now I am thinking if I open source it then other people can contribute and perhaps make it better than the official app. Think firefox for facebook iphone apps.
- dantiberian 15y agoSo if it isn't solving a problem, why would it be useful to anyone?
- nodemaker 15y agoActually it is solving some problems.It enables you to read your facebook feed and friends feeds ,profiles and their photos etc etc. Its just that facebook for iphone is also solving those problems and some extra ones too. With the support of the open source community it could solve so many other novel problems and even solve the existing ones better.
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