Re:ActivityPub: decentralized social networking protocol
by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @09:51AM
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I think there's a few major reasons servers is still the way to go, albeit numerous much smaller servers.
- Mobile users content should remain available when they are disconnected.
- Participating in a federated environment still contains plenty of technical challenges, if we want non-tech-savvy users to participate, we need admins.
I personally would like to see servers for web applications, be they Sandstorm.io-type app platforms or Mastodon-type social networks, in a family-and-friends scale operation. I'd happily host resources for family and friends, for instance. While most people may not be able to run their own server, almost everyone is either family or friends with someone who can, and corporate offerings will fill in the gaps.
- Mobile users content should remain available when they are disconnected.
- Participating in a federated environment still contains plenty of technical challenges, if we want non-tech-savvy users to participate, we need admins.
I personally would like to see servers for web applications, be they Sandstorm.io-type app platforms or Mastodon-type social networks, in a family-and-friends scale operation. I'd happily host resources for family and friends, for instance. While most people may not be able to run their own server, almost everyone is either family or friends with someone who can, and corporate offerings will fill in the gaps.