Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol

Re:Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol by flashman on Sunday November 06, 2016 @11:29PM (#12888821)

Well, where's the money in email? Services, right? The reason Twitter didn't go the same way as email is because it's centrally controlled and hostile to services, in my opinion.

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Re:Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol by bdcravens on Monday November 07, 2016 @01:06AM (#12889153)

Are there any pure-play free email providers?

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Re:Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol by pjmlp on Monday November 07, 2016 @02:37AM (#12889494)

Yes, the ones where you pay with your content.

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Re:Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol by klez on Monday November 07, 2016 @04:38AM (#12889857)

I can think about at least a couple of services that do it out of sheer altruism or for political reasons (like Autistici or Riseup) and don't mine your content.

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Re:Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol by pjmlp on Monday November 07, 2016 @05:11AM (#12889987)

Interesting, I never heard of them.

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Re:Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol by hydragit on Monday November 07, 2016 @05:59AM (#12890165)

Degooglisons-internet [1] is an initiative (broader than just email) to promote free services without selling your data. It aims at giving easily deployable apps so more hosters can appear.

[1] https://degooglisons-internet.org/

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Re:Twitter Could Have Become a Protocol by bdcravens on Monday November 07, 2016 @06:28PM (#12896244)

Are these stand-alone, or in a company with other service offerings?

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