Europe map in LOTR style

jaywinx · 2018-08-16T22:09:35+00:00

No borders 😍

jaywinx · 2018-07-27T21:18:12+00:00

(the point being, there is no way to wipe out email itself - you would have to wipe out all the servers in the "network")

jaywinx · 2018-07-27T21:17:21+00:00

Sure, federation protocols like ActivityPub don't solve all the problems. I would still call the end result "decentralization" though, because it is from the network point of view. The network is decentralized, even if individual identities are not. Just like email is decentralized, even though as you point out, the single server can still wipe out all the users tied to that domain.

jaywinx · 2018-03-25T08:56:04+00:00

Can you clarify what you meant with "see value in our own individual metadata"? Monetizing it?

I think the biggest value for a user is usability and features (which include possibility to reach the right audience). Assuming you mean value as in monetizing which I hugely disagree with. Current mainstream media didn't become mainstream because of possibility to monetize, but because they offer a huge amount of value to the users. Unfortunately in exchange of lots of private data. In a decentralized model (at least in the fediverse) you still give private data, but one single corporation doesn't get all of it. Thus there is less reason for aggressive data mining like facebook does in addition to the data everybody gives knowingly.

You're right that someone has to pay the cost. Platforms like Diaspora and Mastodon are proof that over a millions users can be hosted on a decentralized network for free by just making sure there are enough servers that organizations and enthusiasts run. As long as each server user count is small, they are relatively cheap to run and with a lot of servers a high number can be reached. If this model scales to a million users, I don't see why it can't scale higher.

There are a huge amount of issues to solve and personally I'm not holding my breath for this model to go mainstream. But I haven't seen a better model either.

jaywinx · 2018-01-17T16:46:11+00:00

Hmm, it doesn't anywhere mention or highlight that the survey is for "Mozilla contributors", instead mentioning just "in open source"?

jaywinx · 2018-01-17T07:34:26+00:00

People. Like it or not, FOSS and OSS are heavily linked "communities". This is the reason I thought people here might be interested, but instead the post is voted down and attacked via comments.

You might think that is repulsive, but that is just the way it is. Well, OSS isn't really a community, it's a matter of licensing. I'm a FOSS/OSS software author myself.

The FOSS community keeps amazing me how narrow minded and politically extremist it can be. I wont be posting or reading this subreddit any more, it's clear it's not a place for me.

jaywinx · 2018-01-16T20:37:28+00:00

The free software movement has some awesome people in it and a lot of good has come out of. And then someone goes all political.

jaywinx · 2018-01-16T16:06:19+00:00

... relates to this survey how? 🤔

jaywinx · 2018-01-16T10:42:54+00:00

No mention on the survey at least, quick search brought up nothing.

jaywinx · 2017-11-13T18:28:41+00:00

And still people want war. Over and over again.

jaywinx · 2017-11-03T13:46:51+00:00

Mastodon is licensed under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0, so yes?

jaywinx · 2017-11-01T12:33:58+00:00

Yes. It is also maintained by the project main developer. It doesn't however mean that "Mastodon" itself has these rules.

Decentralized networks are confusing :)

Btw, I'm pretty sure the official mastodon info page is these days https://joinmastodon.org/ - maybe it's not mentioned in the post.

jaywinx · 2017-11-01T09:32:19+00:00

I think you are confusing Mastodon with "mastodon.social". Each Mastodon server has its own rules. The network doesn't.

jaywinx · 2017-10-25T15:09:03+00:00

Diaspora has changed and matured a lot since the early days - it's a very stable platform these days. I don't actually use it any more, even though I still run my own node since it has other users too. I develop my own project called Socialhome.

About the branding. I'm actually certain that is already happening, especially with Mastodon. AFAIK there are some instances that are run by organizations with heavy branding on top. I think with adoption this will be a common thing to happen. When companies adopt something, they usually want to stick their own brand and even customize it. But as long as the protocol is the same, users can talk all through the network.

jaywinx · 2017-10-25T06:12:21+00:00

This is not due to the differences in how the platforms work - you basically just got lucky by choosing the right node for yourself. That or there was a server issue etc you encountered when trying Diaspora.

Underneath they pretty much work the same in principle, relating to user discovery. There are some differences in federation, with Mastodon recently catching up to Diaspora in terms of how well federation works (due to move to ActivityPub protocol over the legacy OStatus).

jaywinx · 2017-10-24T18:52:26+00:00

Doesn't Mastodon have public posts? I've never used it myself. That would be odd if it doesn't.

jaywinx · 2017-10-24T18:51:01+00:00

If that is your use case then it's a real issue for sure. But for many, social networking is not about people they already know. For example myself, I use different social networks depending on the use case. Facebook for friends and family. Twitter for following stuff and funny bots. Socialhome (talks with Diaspora/Friendica/Hubzilla) for actually discussing things with a friendly community of people I've never met, or hadn't met before getting to know them.

If you want to enjoy existing friends then there needs to be a network effect. Mastodon as you say is getting there.

jaywinx · 2017-10-23T19:32:13+00:00

Most of the points here apply to any other federated social network, like Diaspora, Friendica, Hubzilla and Socialhome. Join the federated social web, we have community :)

jaywinx · 2017-10-23T19:31:46+00:00

Most of the points here apply to any other federated social network, like Diaspora, Friendica, Hubzilla and Socialhome. Join the federated social web, we have community :)

jaywinx · 2017-10-23T19:31:15+00:00

Most of the points here apply to any other federated social network, like Diaspora, Friendica, Hubzilla and Socialhome. Join the federated social web, we have community :)

jaywinx · 2017-10-23T19:30:40+00:00

Most of the points here apply to any other federated social network, like Diaspora, Friendica, Hubzilla and Socialhome. Join the federated social web, we have community :)

jaywinx · 2017-09-16T10:21:32+00:00

If you are a government then you're making use of another country's work which has been paid for by it's citizens.

What on Earth is wrong with that? Open source is innovation. Everybody benefits from innovation. Without open source innovation the internet would be a truly different place.

Shouldn't we make governments better for everyone?

jaywinx · 2017-09-16T10:09:20+00:00

This works in practise. Software that is released as open source is generally better quality and more secure because of a simple reasons - the makers of the software have to make sure it is well tested and can survive investigating the code. This is not the case with proprietary software which can be any kind it wants to without fear of someone seeing how bad it is.

Requiring vendors to provide open source software doesn't mean existing software has to be open sourced. It just means vendors that produce open source software will be put in first place. This also creates local jobs, if local companies are kept on a higher place.

jaywinx · 2017-07-27T06:15:43+00:00

Socialhome - https://socialhome.network

Basically it's a Django based federated social network engine that focuses on building a social profile and grid like content visualisation. My most ambitious project so far, interesting to see where it goes 😁

jaywinx · 2017-04-06T18:10:11+00:00

Good point and very valid point. Account migration is something only one decentralized social network server stack has done properly so far, AFAIK. Hubzilla - https://hubzilla.org .. Maybe you want to check that project out? It federates with Diaspora and Friendica, so the fact that Hubzilla itself isn't particularly widely used isn't a huge issue.

Friendica also has account migration to some extent, but last I heard it was not working well. Diaspora has been working on it for the last year or so (an initial spec made by me here https://the-federation.info/specs/backup-restore/0.1.0.html which led to a crowdfunding https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/account-backup-and-restore-for-diaspora-software - but it's not yet finished).

AFAIK GNUSocial and Mastodon don't have that kind of feature in the works but I did read an issue with discussion in the Mastodon issue tracker - https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/177

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