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I'm looking forward to see what wins out in the social protocol space: - Open and Decentralized (Tent) - Open and Centralized (App.net) - Closed and Centrali

I'm looking forward to see what wins out in the social protocol space: - Open and Decentralized (Tent) - Open and Centralized (App.net) - Closed and Centralized (Facebook)

obilgic 14y ago
- Open and Decentralized (diaspora)
- bduerst 14y ago
  Immediately what I thought of when reading Tent's description of itself. Did Diaspora go anywhere after the security flaws were pointed out?
  - david_shaw 14y ago
    > Did Diaspora go anywhere after the security flaws were pointed out? I think Diaspora sort of fizzled out due to a plethora of issues--not the least of which was the suicide of one of its founders.[1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Zhitomirskiy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Zhitomirskiy
zoowar 14y ago
OStatus is open and decentralized, and has a vibrant community.
- ximo 14y ago
  I'm sure OStatus is a great suite, but my impression is that it's a lot more complicated to set up, and it depends on a slew of work-in-progress protocols. Tent on the other hand is one protocol. I think that makes a huge difference when it comes to adoption potential.
  - zoowar 14y ago
    Tent is a work in progress.
- adambratt 14y ago
  I almost feel like for any of these to truly win (besides FB) they have to be somehow integrated into the browsers.
  - danielsiders 14y ago
    Browser extensions for Tent are coming soon
  - drumdance 14y ago
    Seems like a great opportunity for Google or Microsoft.
    - graue 14y ago
      It'd make even more sense for Mozilla, given they're a nonprofit with promoting openness and innovation on the internet as their official purpose. But yeah, Google support, although it would compete with Google+, might not be as far-fetched as it seems. Google Talk and Facebook Chat both use the open, distributed XMPP protocol. In the same way, it would be great to see commercial services that get mass use built over Tent.
    - mr_luc 14y ago
      It would make sense for Google to cannibalize their social network, because G+ is more a defensive, strategic alternative to the existing social networks than anything else. Google would love for the walled-garden social networks to give way to open social networks -- closed social networks are probably the number one threat to their position as the center of the web.
- orthecreedence 14y ago
  I was curious about OStatus too, and found this: https://github.com/tent/tent.io/issues/4 https://github.com/tent/tent.io/issues/4
riffic 14y ago
OStatus?

I'm looking forward to see what wins out in the social protocol space: - Open and Decentralized (Tent) - Open and Centralized (App.net) - Closed and Centralized (Facebook)

obilgic 14y ago

- Open and Decentralized (diaspora)

bduerst 14y ago
Immediately what I thought of when reading Tent's description of itself. Did Diaspora go anywhere after the security flaws were pointed out?
- david_shaw 14y ago
  > Did Diaspora go anywhere after the security flaws were pointed out? I think Diaspora sort of fizzled out due to a plethora of issues--not the least of which was the suicide of one of its founders.[1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Zhitomirskiy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Zhitomirskiy

zoowar 14y ago

OStatus is open and decentralized, and has a vibrant community.

ximo 14y ago
I'm sure OStatus is a great suite, but my impression is that it's a lot more complicated to set up, and it depends on a slew of work-in-progress protocols. Tent on the other hand is one protocol. I think that makes a huge difference when it comes to adoption potential.
- zoowar 14y ago
  Tent is a work in progress.
adambratt 14y ago
I almost feel like for any of these to truly win (besides FB) they have to be somehow integrated into the browsers.
- danielsiders 14y ago
  Browser extensions for Tent are coming soon
- drumdance 14y ago
  Seems like a great opportunity for Google or Microsoft.
  - graue 14y ago
    It'd make even more sense for Mozilla, given they're a nonprofit with promoting openness and innovation on the internet as their official purpose. But yeah, Google support, although it would compete with Google+, might not be as far-fetched as it seems. Google Talk and Facebook Chat both use the open, distributed XMPP protocol. In the same way, it would be great to see commercial services that get mass use built over Tent.
  - mr_luc 14y ago
    It would make sense for Google to cannibalize their social network, because G+ is more a defensive, strategic alternative to the existing social networks than anything else. Google would love for the walled-garden social networks to give way to open social networks -- closed social networks are probably the number one threat to their position as the center of the web.
orthecreedence 14y ago
I was curious about OStatus too, and found this: https://github.com/tent/tent.io/issues/4 https://github.com/tent/tent.io/issues/4

riffic 14y ago

OStatus?