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> Tent.is will become a showcase for what is possible with Tent. And 10 other sentences telling me that tent.is is for tent users and I still don't know what t

by emillon 14y ago

> Tent.is will become a showcase for what is possible with Tent. And 10 other sentences telling me that tent.is is for tent users and I still don't know what tent is. The information I'm looking for is under the fold and seems to be on : https://tent.io/ https://tent.io/ Otherwise it looks quite interesting, thanks ! (statusnet but for facebook-type content)

danielsiders 14y ago
Tent.is is a Tent server. You can read about the Tent protocol here: http://tent.io http://tent.io. You can connect any Tent app to Tent.is, and it also includes a basic status app (status posts are 140 characters or less) to get people started.
- benatkin 14y ago
  "Tent" is an awfully generic name. I wish you'd call it tent.io. It's easier for people who haven't yet heard of it to understand and less pretentious.
ukd1 14y ago
"Tent is a protocol for open, decentralized social networking. Tent users share content with apps and each other. Anyone can run a Tent server, or write an app or alternative server implementation that uses the Tent protocol. Users can take their content and relationships with them when they change or move servers. Tent supports extensible data types so developers can create new kinds of interaction. Tent is for sharing with others and seeing what others have shared with you. You can ask to follow other users and other users can follow you. Because you control your own Tent server, it is also a good place to store things you do not want to share with others, a sort of personal data vault. It can also be used as a secure site login replacement so you don't need passwords when accessing other sites on the web." (apparently)
- spindritf 14y ago
  > Users can take their content and relationships with them when they change or move servers. How does it work when users seem to be identified by the url (which, at least now, is in the provider's domain)?
  - Titanous 14y ago
    There are two important pieces to your Tent identity. 1: Your Entity (this is the url you're referring to. I could be https://jonathan.tent.is https://jonathan.tent.is and then change to https://titanous.com https://titanous.com). Think of entities like a name. You can change it but you really want to think carefully first. Other Tent servers know you by your entity. If all you told someone was your entity (https://spindritf.net https://spindritf.net) their Tent server would contact the URL where you have saved information about your Tent server. It's all you need to find out someone's Tent information or start following them, like a username. When you change your entity, your server sends out a post to all your followers and lets them know about a profile update with a new entity URL so they can update their records. 2: Your "canonical tent URLs" (the addresses of the servers where you can be reached). These are literally like your address. You can have multiple addresses and move any time you want. Again, your server will simply send a post to your friends letting them know you're moving and where to reach you. In both of these cases you probably want to give other servers some time to update their records before moving just in case. There are a few edge cases worth mentioning. This system does not actually depend on DNS, but most users will. For example, instead of https://titanous.com https://titanous.com I could theoretically list an IP address instead or a tor hidden service.
    - leejoramo 14y ago
      So if I wanted to just my own domain, and not leejoramo.tent.is what do I do? I am assuming that it would be something like this: <link href="https://leejoramo.tent.is https://leejoramo.tent.is rel="????" /> and how to I configure things on the tent.is account?

by emillon 14y ago

danielsiders 14y ago

Tent.is is a Tent server. You can read about the Tent protocol here: http://tent.io http://tent.io. You can connect any Tent app to Tent.is, and it also includes a basic status app (status posts are 140 characters or less) to get people started.

benatkin 14y ago
"Tent" is an awfully generic name. I wish you'd call it tent.io. It's easier for people who haven't yet heard of it to understand and less pretentious.

ukd1 14y ago

"Tent is a protocol for open, decentralized social networking. Tent users share content with apps and each other. Anyone can run a Tent server, or write an app or alternative server implementation that uses the Tent protocol. Users can take their content and relationships with them when they change or move servers. Tent supports extensible data types so developers can create new kinds of interaction. Tent is for sharing with others and seeing what others have shared with you. You can ask to follow other users and other users can follow you. Because you control your own Tent server, it is also a good place to store things you do not want to share with others, a sort of personal data vault. It can also be used as a secure site login replacement so you don't need passwords when accessing other sites on the web." (apparently)

spindritf 14y ago
> Users can take their content and relationships with them when they change or move servers. How does it work when users seem to be identified by the url (which, at least now, is in the provider's domain)?
- Titanous 14y ago
  There are two important pieces to your Tent identity. 1: Your Entity (this is the url you're referring to. I could be https://jonathan.tent.is https://jonathan.tent.is and then change to https://titanous.com https://titanous.com). Think of entities like a name. You can change it but you really want to think carefully first. Other Tent servers know you by your entity. If all you told someone was your entity (https://spindritf.net https://spindritf.net) their Tent server would contact the URL where you have saved information about your Tent server. It's all you need to find out someone's Tent information or start following them, like a username. When you change your entity, your server sends out a post to all your followers and lets them know about a profile update with a new entity URL so they can update their records. 2: Your "canonical tent URLs" (the addresses of the servers where you can be reached). These are literally like your address. You can have multiple addresses and move any time you want. Again, your server will simply send a post to your friends letting them know you're moving and where to reach you. In both of these cases you probably want to give other servers some time to update their records before moving just in case. There are a few edge cases worth mentioning. This system does not actually depend on DNS, but most users will. For example, instead of https://titanous.com https://titanous.com I could theoretically list an IP address instead or a tor hidden service.
  - leejoramo 14y ago
    So if I wanted to just my own domain, and not leejoramo.tent.is what do I do? I am assuming that it would be something like this: <link href="https://leejoramo.tent.is https://leejoramo.tent.is rel="????" /> and how to I configure things on the tent.is account?