Lately I have been using ping.fm for my work, I use it to post to facebook, myspace, identi.ca, twitter, etc.. all at once. I don't like using the social networking sites (except identi.ca) because they are Roach Motels for data, but I am ordered to do -- so I do.
I am trying to get incremental changes toward Free (Speech) Software and Free(dom) network services implemented. Are there any Free Software desktop applications or AGPL web applications that work in a similar way to PingFM? I could imagine the program using APIs to send messages to different services, etc.. It would at least be one link in the chain. My use case is Twitter/Identi.ca. I get my coworkers (I am the web producer) to use ping.fm every time they send a tweet. Instead of just tweeting, they are CC'ing identi.ca, though most of their mental energy is on Twitter at the moment. This way when people realize that Twitter is swindling them (it will happen, and arguably it already has) they haven't lost their data, they can at least move to a better place with friends and a history of their conversations intact. --ian-- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.autonomo.us http://lists.autonomo.us/mailman/listinfo/discuss
