Re:What Diaspora Should Do with their Newfound Fuckyoufacebo...
by neilk on Monday May 17, 2010 @01:43PM
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These are not centralized solutions in the way Facebook is. If I use Gmail does that force you to use Gmail?
Great services like Gmail only became possible because SMTP isn't tied to a particular proprietary service. Individuals can use the service that's most appropriate for them. For some people, that's Outlook, for others, a webmail provider. Competition works.
What we really need is a system that crosses social-networking-service providers in the same way that SMTP broke down the barriers between various mail systems.
Great services like Gmail only became possible because SMTP isn't tied to a particular proprietary service. Individuals can use the service that's most appropriate for them. For some people, that's Outlook, for others, a webmail provider. Competition works.
What we really need is a system that crosses social-networking-service providers in the same way that SMTP broke down the barriers between various mail systems.