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by benwerd 9y ago
It's interesting to think about what global public media might look like. Does Wikipedia offer a decent model? The trick is balancing public-service operations with the ability to make quick decisions and maintain a user-centered desig
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by benwerd 9y ago
ActivityPub is awesome, and I'm excited that it's reached this stage. Looking forward to the core Known platform supporting it.
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It's incredibly depressing if true. The labor movement gave us weekends and the 8 hour day. While not every union is positive, unions as a concept are the natural counterbalance to business interests, protecting individual worker right
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I just bought The Story Grid off the back of this recommendation. Thanks!
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by benwerd 11y ago
How does this compare to Howdy?
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by benwerd 11y ago
Or at the very least, available to the safety testers! https://medium.com/building-an-open-startup/untestable-unsaf...
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by benwerd 11y ago
This would actually be a brilliant solution. Pledge to release the source code in an installable form (code is useless unless you can run it) if the company becomes insolvent or otherwise stops trading. Ensure data can be migrated. Then,
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by benwerd 11y ago
Mark my words: bots are the new email newsletters.
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Discovery is crucial. A social network can be thought of as a kind of search engine: you're trying to find people, posts and resources that are relevant to your interests. On the other hand, a social communication app works by allowing
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by benwerd 11y ago
Hello! I've created two open source projects (elgg.org and withknown.com). I'd advise you to wait. Also, I wrote a long post about open source businesses. http://werd.io/2015/open-issues-lessons-learned-buildi
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by benwerd 11y ago
I don't think this is a realistic request on the modern web - particularly when it comes to JavaScript code, even if it's a technically accurate interpretation of how JS is transmitted and executed. (Licensing is an interesting th
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That's a very libertarian point of view. Has it been shown to work in practice over an extended time? I know that in the US growth was stronger with higher taxation. I don't believe progressive taxation is discriminatory. The more
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I don't think it's robbery unless you don't participate in the state. If you're using roads, education, the police, fire departments and all of the other infrastructure and innate protections you get from the state, then
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by benwerd 11y ago
This needs to happen. Not only do removing tuition fees or enacting universal healthcare remove systemic inequalities, they actually make everyone wealthier. We will have a stronger economy if we take care of the social infrastructure we ne
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by benwerd 11y ago
I agree with you, but also: right now Facebook is effectively the main web browser for millions and millions of people. Even without Internet.org, those 50 websites are all a lot of people see. How can we change this model in a realistic, a
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This is the most political open source project I've seen in a while. I love the idea that it's designed to sit inside a progressive society where we all agree we have a social contract to the state. That is very different to a l
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by benwerd 11y ago
In my experience a lot of firms don't necessarily want direct support - but they may want an SLA. The nature of the open source market has changed, and I've found that most people conflate free as in speech with free as in beer.
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This is cute. I'm going to write a Known plugin and test it out on withknown.com.
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I admit to loosely using the "mobile clients are specialist browsers" line of thinking here. Facebook definitely uses links and HTTP.
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Which means at least as many people used the web. Good going, Internet!
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There is a one-click solution: https://withknown.com/
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That is exactly the point.
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If a profile gets censored / targeted, it's one profile, vs an entire social network. But, eg, content being replied to is typically duplicated across profiles, so there actually is distribution of content.
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by benwerd 11y ago
If you're just looking for somewhere to post some content, we run an indieweb-compatible service: https://withknown.com ;) It's about not having control over your representation online. For me, it's also about fre
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by benwerd 11y ago
Diaspora is one product, whereas the indie web is a set of really lightweight technologies that allow you to join in from virtually any website. It's not dependent on any one vendor or project. I think the coolest bit is that each of t
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by benwerd 11y ago
The indieweb is a social web where everyone runs their own profile, on their own (sub)domain, potentially on their own servers - while being able to talk to their friends as easily as they could on Facebook or Twitter. All based on open tec
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People are also working on that. The full stack needs an upgrade, and it's nice to see that happening across the board. It's more than blog + XFN + pingbacks. The combination of technologies really does allow for decentralized soc
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There are some pretty good proposals about spam. So far it hasn't been a problem, but it's good to have tools in place.
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We're working on that. :)
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It's probably inexperience. I'd try and talk them up a bit. But other commenters are right: pay attention to the salary, the benefits and the position itself. The equity is a lottery ticket. I do believe they should correct the am

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