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Twitter simply doesn't make sense as a business -- not for other companies, and not even for Twitter itself. But it would be fantastic as a protocol, alongside
by nkoren 14y ago
Twitter simply doesn't make sense as a business -- not for other companies, and not even for Twitter itself. But it would be fantastic as a protocol, alongside SMTP and such. I realise that this is far easier said than done -- but what would it actually take to do it?
- icebraining 14y agoIt's already done: StatusNet uses two core protocols for sending messages around - Atom + PubSubHubBub - and a few extra for describing the messages: Salmon + ActivityStreams. These are all open, distributed and already power a Twitter-like social network. http://status.net/2010/03/07/understanding-ostatus http://status.net/2010/03/07/understanding-ostatus
- nkoren 14y agoReally interesting -- I hadn't heard of StatusNet/oStatus. Looks like it might have the right idea -- but after several minutes of searching, I'm unable to find a single client or a public frontend (as in, I don't have to give away my personal information to view it) for the network. Why do you suppose this is?
- pnathan 14y agoIf I understand correctly, StatusNet is simply the software. identi.ca is a service built on StatusNet.
- icebraining 14y agoAs pnathan said, their server - which is as important as any other, like in email - is Identi.ca. For example, here's rms' account: http://identi.ca/rms http://identi.ca/rms