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Re:An off-grid social network by freehunter on Thursday April 06, 2017 @01:33PM (#14052670)
It doesn't matter how you feel about it, take a look at people complaining when Google put a news article about Facebook at the top of the results instead of the Facebook login page:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/feb/11/face...

These are people who typed "Facebook Login" into a Google search, clicked the first result without reading, and got confused. Now tell these same users that Comcast blocked their social network or that they can't log in on their phone because their home Internet connection is down.

If you want a social network filled with just people like you and me, look at App.net or GNU Social for inspiration. If you want average users to sign in, these issues absolutely do have to be solved.

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Re:An off-grid social network by reitanqild on Thursday April 06, 2017 @02:14PM (#14053042)
Still not convinced. It doesn't need to be for everyone in the beginning.

The early web (when I entered and before) wasn't for everyone. And thats OK for me. Actually I think it is a good way to start.

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Re:An off-grid social network by nickpsecurity on Thursday April 06, 2017 @11:50PM (#14056965)
"he early web (when I entered and before) wasn't for everyone. And thats OK for me. Actually I think it is a good way to start."

It got where it went by doing the opposite of what you're suggesting. The walled garden for smart elites were mostly working on OSI from what old timers tell me. The TCP/IP, SMTP, etc involved lots of hackers trying to avoid doing too much work. Much like the users you prefer to filter. Then, it just went from there getting bigger and bigger due to low barrier of entry. Tons of economic benefits and business models followed. Now we're talking to each other on it.

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Re:An off-grid social network by ReverseCold on Thursday April 06, 2017 @04:06PM (#14054114)
The problems were solved with centralization.
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Re:An off-grid social network by reitanqild on Thursday April 06, 2017 @05:49PM (#14054972)
For this tbing I don't care about those problems.
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Re:An off-grid social network by bigbugbag on Friday April 07, 2017 @04:43AM (#14058170)
The early web was devoid of average users. Then the flow of newcomers and not knowing better users surpassed the old timers and knowledgeable users. Then we entered a leveling downward race to a web tailored to their needs because they're the large majority.
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