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diff --git a/content/blog/2015-01-01-social-networking-done-right/index.en.md b/content/blog/2015-01-01-social-networking-done-right/index.en.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aaf6814 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2015-01-01-social-networking-done-right/index.en.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ ++++ +title = "Social Networking Done Right" +lang = "en" + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["social networks", "diaspora", "federation"] + +[extra] +author = "harald" ++++ + +For the past year and a half or so I've moved most of my social networking +presence to [Diaspora*]. It's been quite a nice ride, I think. The +change of pace from Facebooks aggressive and immersive ad-driven style to a +smaller community has been both refreshing and enlightening. + +<!-- more --> + +This could be just another social media platform, however. In which case it +wouldn't be very interesting. A matter of preferences and taste, combined with +where the people that you know hang out would determine which platform you +prefered. It could essentially be just another facebook clone. There's enough +of them already, and they're all uninteresting. + +What sets Diaspora* apart is that it's a platform for sharing and communicating +with anybody. It's distributed nature is well known. There are a number of +_pods[^pods]_ located around the +internet. [Choose one] that you like and has terms you agree with. +You can even [run your own]. You can share and communicate with +others _regardless of which pod they are signed up to_. + +While that's great by itself, it really shines when you realize that you can +share and communicate with people on completely different platforms too! As +long as the other platforms implement the same protocol for sharing messages +and posts that Diaspora* does, it doesn't really matter on which platform your +friends are signed up to. For now this means that anybody on [Diaspora*], +[Friendica] and the [Red Matrix] can communicate with each other. + +If you ask me, that's just how social networking should be. Not locked up silos +like Facebook and it's clones, but open platforms for communicating and sharing +ideas regardless of the underlying platform. + +[^pods]: Servers running the Diaspora* software. + +[Diaspora*]: https://diasporafoundation.org/ +[Choose one]: https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Choosing_a_pod +[run your own]: https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Installation +[Friendica]: http://friendica.com/ +[Red Matrix]: https://redmatrix.me/ |