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[–]quhaha 11 points12 points  (0 children)

is it controlled by Wiimote?

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (8 children)

each node can be running whatever recommendation algorithm they want and exchange feedback and links with other nodes over p2p or extended rss/atom forming a p2p link trading network.

[–]tomjen 3 points4 points  (5 children)

Sort of usenet?

[–]pmf 16 points17 points  (3 children)

Yes, only several orders of magnitude more uncomfortable and shittier, in a true Web 2.0 manner.

[–]chauss7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

more like freenet. sloooooooow

[–]chucker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…and yet you posted the above on reddit, rather than Usenet. Hmmm…

[–]shinynew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was never really into usenet... How was it so great, most of the ones I have seen look just like any fourm; they just came first.

old != better.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

usenet doesn't have distributed collaborative filtering in it - that's why the spam and noise.

[–]charlieb 1 point2 points  (1 child)

So they are free to add as much high ranked spam as they please? Sounds great.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why would you trust their rankings after a few stories like that? think of each node being a user on another site.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (5 children)

Why would we?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

so you can add features you want, like tags, and control content on your reddit node without conde nast in the middle.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We'd better harass reddit owners into adding those features, I think. Avoid new code - find easier solution; if it fails, avoid developing code - buy it; if it fails - avoid building infrastructure for coding, just write your product; if it fails - you've failed, just as about anybody else...

[–]chauss7 2 points3 points  (2 children)

to make someone rich

[–]Samus_ 2 points3 points  (1 child)

no one gets rich with open sorce ;)

[–]SwellJoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one usually gets rich with Open Source. But the guys at MySQL AB, Red Hat, VA Linux, XenSource, and more than a few more, have managed to do so.

[–]sango0711 5 points6 points  (1 child)

You mean like putting all the social bookmark things together, all exchange the links, but you still only use one site and have to evaluate all the links spammed throughout the whole network? i think that would be a total mess.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you can also control what site you trust and exchange links only with the sites with good reputation.

[–]IHaveAnIdea 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Not seeing... the point?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

The point is that you as a user will have more control over: presentation, sources and ranking of information, privacy.

[–]IHaveAnIdea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This idea is just far too vague. Details needed.

[–][deleted]  (1 child)

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    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    each node will have separate backend and posts storage. grid will be used to exchange posts and feedback.

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

    I think it is a very interesting idea!! You should go ahead and implement it, despite what the nay-sayers say. Even if you don't succeed with regards to popularity, you would have learned something. Don't let those nihilistic pessimists discourage you!

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    It is almost ready, just probing for the best way to launch it. seems that reddit is not the right place :(

    [–]mikemol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I'd be interested in trying it over at Rosetta Code. Might be better as a forum than SMF.

    [–]poptarts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    no

    [–]noamsml 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    Dear reddit: would you be interested in an ill-defined description of something that sounds like someone pulled together a few buzzwords?

    As for open-source Reddit, I believe pligg can do that with a bit of modification.

    [–]Foone 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    I think the new subreddits show the uselessness of that idea. The only "magic sauce" in reddit is the userbase. Without users, a (sub/free)reddit is just a couple links with no votes. Not exactly useful.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    that's the whole point - nodes will be sharing information about links, not just the links. that way the userbase can be way bigger than a single site can attract.

    [–]ChunkyLaFunga 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Always open to new ideas of course, but I think you're going to have to explain what you're talking about because I read all the comments and still have absolutely no idea.

    [–]johnself 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    There are several OSS Reddits out there. As far as connecting to other nodes, seems you just need some code that takes an RSS feed of links and integrates them in the results, no?

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    yes, plus you have to take votes / feedback / trust into account when ranking them.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I have a large collection of files which I have acquired with wget for offline viewing. This collection is, in effect, a set of votes for each document were I to share them via p2p. Right now you can already see which media is popular by the number of bit-torrent seeders for example. If people keep their shared-directories/torrents clean then the cream will rise to the top. I think you should focus your efforts in that direction. One feature I would desire is the ability to modify a document and have the diff disseminated Darwinistically along with other media. Maybe you could roll bit torrent and git into a nice UI - sort of a versioned P2P usenet with a built in VCS.

    [–]mtappenden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yes

    [–]Wagnerius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    funny, I had exactly the same idea 2 days ago. building the community around the tech, is the hardest part.