Comments on: Distributing social sites http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:51:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris Messina http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites/#comment-12 Chris Messina Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:02:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites#comment-12 Great post — clearly we're thinking along the same lines! Now you just need to implement OpenID on this blog and you'll have one of the first steps to portability completed! ;) Great post — clearly we’re thinking along the same lines!

Now you just need to implement OpenID on this blog and you’ll have one of the first steps to portability completed! ;)

]]> By: Nathan http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites/#comment-13 Nathan Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:02:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites#comment-13 Thanks, Chris. I haven't set up OpenID here because there doesn't seem to be a nice, easy OpenID plugin for Mephisto. Since I don't plan to stick with Mephisto for long anyway, I'm not inclined to put a lot of effort into it. (As you can see from the rest of the site...) Thanks, Chris. I haven’t set up OpenID here because there doesn’t seem to be a nice, easy OpenID plugin for Mephisto. Since I don’t plan to stick with Mephisto for long anyway, I’m not inclined to put a lot of effort into it. (As you can see from the rest of the site…)

]]> By: David Kramer http://nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites/#comment-14 David Kramer Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:02:00 +0000 nathanhowell.net/2008/01/31/distributing-social-sites#comment-14 I've never thought about this kind of solution, but I've had the same kind of concerns for a long time. That's why I run my own mail/web/Tomcat/MythTV/Subversion/etc servers. I want to maintain control of my data. Having a social network site that's more of a content aggregator for other, personal sources is a great idea. My one concern is the very small percentage of people who have their own servers. Because if you're going to aggregate posts/data from a third-party site, then you've lost the mission of total control over your data. I’ve never thought about this kind of solution, but I’ve had the same kind of concerns for a long time. That’s why I run my own mail/web/Tomcat/MythTV/Subversion/etc servers. I want to maintain control of my data. Having a social network site that’s more of a content aggregator for other, personal sources is a great idea.

My one concern is the very small percentage of people who have their own servers. Because if you’re going to aggregate posts/data from a third-party site, then you’ve lost the mission of total control over your data.

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