-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/24/2010 01:23 PM, Story Henry wrote: > A good article, on the problem with centralised social networks. > > http://thefastertimes.com/mediaandtech/2010/04/22/my-facebook-problem-and-yours/ > > Henry > > http://bblfish.net/ > > >
Nice article, indeed. One thing that is important for us to take from this article is the bit on verification and organization. We want to avoid creating a MySpace-like network where everything is chaotic and disorganized, and ascertaining the validity of any user's identity is rather difficult. Even as we move towards a decentralized social networking model, we must keep in mind users' desires to keep their contacts organized, and to be able to verify the identity of their contacts. I think that it might be a good idea to look into creating a sort of web of trust scheme to keep contacts verified and organized. - -- Henry L. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJL01qeAAoJEIRrI0p6YC9XMfQQAMQjA2NJCZdxjdAXNt/wuVXS 7iizKIGsNi9/mzNiMwzAkmpxsAqbCSaY9JE6npJ2yEU4+6EfTA9s8fnglonRwuBt WwpS3Pswbek8I9e/LLqRruCVFbnZLeLMX7GoWYhNxpRg3bB6ktH6PceGN9tzFaLz hJtMIauyt2Ddk6JKtmGYN/wQZJQUS70cOIP+tptvyx3H1B5ipi1RBxta1IfUzHA4 tzRaxa9k/Yyuoqt9ZodmioHhbwBxH0+A/dl3tuT2dnyxT6lnrFNvqSDxQc62Hvu/ 3F8WawvUqGu5RFUu9hc5j5414UehxhMK14jB36D+uYLnC9MOPPDFnsf/6Dj71XkQ z+Pe93kUP79UoQLaUpUfYgR6jKBRrDVoxU6eUCXwuvt6nRYQ5FGxXC3yxUT2ltoy AIT0qNmjgvyuVGEDGTndYFpHV6yxvBPoGN6udlcAi4RMaItfOerzQEx4uqyRqmlH E1UvJfthWEZlRxs42I99Jp7PvDykwN1oIygySDhn0d9SJe0nBbEgVCV8Z9/U5ytT +fLaT9eXXv3/2TQH9Yalp7gLLgSYEEsYq5TC9Z9+DE+fnPQhYQM+8cvjV6PsQcU4 YoC6thw7n6tE//Pi9USTY11o4acwzFZFnZLsglfkrNXWlkrwuvyhZViPk0hl34wq S9/l/to9/kiDXsm/7SnT =2dPS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
