Matt Lee <[email protected]> wrote .. > On 03/28/2010 02:03 PM, Henry Litwhiler wrote: > > > I don't see why users have to be able to use commodity hosting. If we > > make it easy enough, anyone can host their own GNU Social install, p2p > > style. > > Because I don't believe the majority of people will. > > What will they host it on? The majority of Facebook users don't have a > machine they can install their own servers on. Being able to use this > from anywhere is key for success, and that means browser based.
+1 Plus, remember that many ISPs (at least in the U.S.) prohibit their customers from running "servers" under penalty of cancellation.
