[Freedombox-discuss] Interesting comments on distributed social networking
On 8 October 2012 03:25, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Bennett Haselton is a well-known activist, founder of the
> > anti-censorship Peacefire organisation.
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacefire
> > http://peacefire.org
> >
> > He recently made a long Slashdot post on the future
> > of social networking, in particular distributed social
> > networking
> >
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/09/06/1428210/bring-on-the-decentralized-social-networking
> >
> > Freedombox is not discussed there. Probably it should be.
> > Anyone here care to add an insightful comment?
>
> There is now a follow-up post, Bennett answering various objections
> raised in the previous discussion, and much new discussion.
>
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/10/05/1215249/decentralized-social-networking-why-it-could-work
>
As time goes on the functionality that a walled garden can offer you will
reach a ceiling, for them to remain profitable.
Free software can offer unlimited functionality in the long term. Not to
mention privacy, which it's shown at least 1 in 4 people feel strongly
about.
Just need a strategy to grow the network effect. Grow virally perhaps?
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