This is cool !! I've had this idea for a while now -- I do not like FB because I do not trust them, same is true of G+ ..etc. but my 'network' prefers them and

This is cool !! I've had this idea for a while now -- I do not like FB because I do not trust them, same is true of G+ ..etc. but my 'network' prefers them and that's how content is shared and propagated for a while now. So, I've been thinking what I would like is a 'client-side' social network platform where sharing of status, photos, messages ...what-have-you would be from /within/ the client. Basically, you add a set of friends and create a network of your own, pretty much like FB/twitter..etc but the main difference being that you (ie: your browser) 'hosts' all of the content out of your hard disk. If my friends run the same client, content is served out of their hard disks as well seamlessly and travels to the network without first going thru' someone else's server ...like you know ..p2p. The operative word of course being seamlessly[1]. This way content could be 'shared' beyond your friends through the extended network based strictly on privacy settings that you can control. I thought I'd implement this as a browser extension but then the design hits into hacky workaround territory when it comes to implementing the transfer. This barrier of entry is now low if/when such a http server becomes part of FireFox OS. With this functionality, I could in theory server my phone (or whatever device Firefox OS runs on) with all its pics, music, videos, etc through my network who only need a browser and an address that'll point to my app. Interesing. I might just revive my efforts to build this. [1] Yeah, I know I just re-invented the web/self-hosted domains/dnydns+webserver -- but the idea here is, it would all be 'built-in' into an app/extension.