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by jlgbecom 16y ago
From a development standpoint, I don't quite understand the advantages of NoSQL over SQL. I get that you don't have to have a rigidly defined table structure, and that your data structure can change when your application changes, but I gue
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Diaspora Clarifies: Open Source On September 15, Consumer Alpha In October(techcrunch.com)
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
Something is going to topple Facebook, but I very much doubt it will be Diaspora.
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
I don't think it's fully implemented yet, but here's the protocol Appleseed is using: http://svn.appleseedproject.org/trunk/_documentation/quickso... From the source, it looks like they're building abstracted PHP libraries, too. And it's
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
That has to be the most ridiculous criticism I've ever heard of any project ever.
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
Exactly. I'm amazed that people think that Diaspora can accomplish in a few months what Elgg, Appleseed, Onesocialweb, etc. etc. have all been working on for YEARS. Especially when considering that these are being developed by professional
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
Which project are you most interested in, then? Because of all the projects, none really have codified protocols for social networking. Except possibly OneSocialWeb, which extends XMPP. Is that the project you find most intriguing?
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
I'd be interested to hear why you're more interested in hosting Diaspora instead of Appleseed?
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
Appleseed uses an MVC+Hooks framework, so it can support whatever anyone wants to build a set of hooks for. I'm sure you'll see a lot of different protocol support in the future.
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
A lot of the biggest sites on the web are coded in PHP, including Facebook, Wikipedia, and Digg.
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
Yeah, it's federated server software. It's meant to be run by people who provide a hosted environment for users. In other words, it's software for anyone who wants to run their own facebook-like site. Except that all the sites running it
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
Appleseed is already open to the public for whoever wants to download the source and install it (it took me about 2 min on a shared host, really easy). You can then disable invites on your node by going into the administrator and setting on
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
Appleseed is a lot farther along, and has been releasing steadily this whole summer. It's years ahead of Diaspora, they've been putting out a new release every month, and they already have a bunch of nodes already running their software.
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
They sure are operating more like a dot-com vaporware startup than an open source project. I understand not releasing code right away, there's reasons for that, but why no specifics about their approach? Why is everything about this proje
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by jlgbecom 16y ago
Meanwhile, the Appleseed Project has been posting regular updates all summer. Their roadmap, SVN, and documentation is available to everyone, and they've been building the software since 2004. http://opensource.appleseedproject.org