GNU Social, a FLOSS alternative to Twitter

Re:GNU Social, a FLOSS alternative to Twitter by mattl on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @04:19PM (#11068863)

The goal of GNU social isn't to provide a social network. It's to provide social networking software.

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Re:GNU Social, a FLOSS alternative to Twitter by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @04:58AM (#11071668)

What's the point of social networking software if 99.9% of the population can't use it for social networking?

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Re:GNU Social, a FLOSS alternative to Twitter by mattl on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @12:20PM (#11074257)

We're providing it for others to start social networks, with the relevant user support, branding, etc.

I'm delighted that there is a general network of users, but that's not why I started it.

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Re:GNU Social, a FLOSS alternative to Twitter by progman on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @07:19AM (#11072226)

"can't" or "not willing" ?

If people are not willing to invest five minutes or so what to choose then they should stick with FB and Twitter where they don't think about the consequences of releasing all their private data anyway.

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Re:GNU Social, a FLOSS alternative to Twitter by st3v3r on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @12:53PM (#11074497)

That is nothing more than an elitist argument that really has no place in this discussion. All you are doing with that argument is saying that you're somehow better than other people, and for that, you should be ashamed.

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Re:GNU Social, a FLOSS alternative to Twitter by progman on Saturday February 13, 2016 @07:07AM (#11093660)

Do you really believe that nonsense?

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