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Expiration dates for posts is a brilliant idea. Who ever is working on the "next Facebook", I hope you implement something like this.

thirdsight 13y ago
Actually I'd rather prefer someone to not invent the next Facebook. It reveals the human trait that despite best intentions, when shareholders get involved, cash is king regardless of the ethical stance the company supposedly takes.
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- Casseres 13y ago
  Good point. In my mind, ideally the next big social media platform will be P2P and open source. I have some ideas on how this might work and the features this would include, but I've never hashed them out since my programming ability doesn't approach the level required for such an undertaking. Maybe I will as a thought experiment and publish my ideas so that anyone can use them.
  - achamayou 13y ago
    Are you aware of Diaspora ? It's both distributed and open source.
    - Casseres 13y ago
      Yes, but it doesn't solve everything and it's not available to everyone.
      - dredmorbius 13y ago
        It addresses a few needs. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. And there are numerous nodes you can create an account on -- no need to be self-hosting. Though with FreedomBox, that would actually be pretty tenable.
    - ta_delallthings 13y ago
      Diaspora is a poor attempt at copying facebook, it's nothing like the distributed I have in mind, which would be easy to use encrypted self-hosting and not tied to a specific network/website/technology.
      - captainbenises 13y ago
        So basically implemented with no technology? Maybe just an idea in your mind?
dredmorbius 13y ago
That was a particular bit of brilliance from the article. One of my friends from G+ (which is to say: someone I met through G+ and started following there) has made a practice of bulk-purging his account every so often. My own response has been to greatly curtail my activities on the site (due to Google's ever-encroaching property linkages), even though I'm already participating pseudonymously. I've hand-deleted some content, but am holding out on a broader deletion given the prospect of recovering some of my comments (presently not included in the Data Liberation Front), with some third-party tools. Though I may just pull the trigger and do a full wipe. The fact that Google offers this option is actually somewhat commendable.

thirdsight 13y ago

Actually I'd rather prefer someone to not invent the next Facebook. It reveals the human trait that despite best intentions, when shareholders get involved, cash is king regardless of the ethical stance the company supposedly takes.

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Casseres 13y ago
Good point. In my mind, ideally the next big social media platform will be P2P and open source. I have some ideas on how this might work and the features this would include, but I've never hashed them out since my programming ability doesn't approach the level required for such an undertaking. Maybe I will as a thought experiment and publish my ideas so that anyone can use them.
- achamayou 13y ago
  Are you aware of Diaspora ? It's both distributed and open source.
  - Casseres 13y ago
    Yes, but it doesn't solve everything and it's not available to everyone.
    - dredmorbius 13y ago
      It addresses a few needs. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. And there are numerous nodes you can create an account on -- no need to be self-hosting. Though with FreedomBox, that would actually be pretty tenable.
  - ta_delallthings 13y ago
    Diaspora is a poor attempt at copying facebook, it's nothing like the distributed I have in mind, which would be easy to use encrypted self-hosting and not tied to a specific network/website/technology.
    - captainbenises 13y ago
      So basically implemented with no technology? Maybe just an idea in your mind?

dredmorbius 13y ago

That was a particular bit of brilliance from the article. One of my friends from G+ (which is to say: someone I met through G+ and started following there) has made a practice of bulk-purging his account every so often. My own response has been to greatly curtail my activities on the site (due to Google's ever-encroaching property linkages), even though I'm already participating pseudonymously. I've hand-deleted some content, but am holding out on a broader deletion given the prospect of recovering some of my comments (presently not included in the Data Liberation Front), with some third-party tools. Though I may just pull the trigger and do a full wipe. The fact that Google offers this option is actually somewhat commendable.