On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Michał 'rysiek' Woźniak <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi there, > > Since there is a discussion on Tent, I figure I might also ask your > opinion on this: > http://rys.io/en/88 | http://rys.io/en/88.txt > > I have been thinking about this for a while already. Basically I > believe, if done right, we might have a way of breaking people of > walled gardens. > > > Here's the short version, but do please read the whole post (it's not > that long), many issues are covered there already. > > 1. agree on a single social network protocol (or two - one for > microblogging, one for longer forms) and throw all weight and > support behind it. > This is an important one, and it sounds difficult to me because I don't know how to make people agree. Your tactic is to make people agree to agree first. Hopefully that works, or someone else knows another effective way. > > 2. create a service that offers several service types (XMPP, e-mail, > social networking) under a single user ID. > By including email there you're basically forcing it to be an email address. That's probably OK. > > 3. that's the important part: designate a certain date each month or > (probably better) quarter "Prison Break Day"; create a website that > users can log-into with their walled-garden accounts and take one > or more of the possible pledges: > - "I shall create a libre social network account before or at the > next Prison Break Day"; > - "I shall close my walled-garden account before or at the next > Prison Break Day". > > Crucially, info on the pledges shall be published on user's walled- > garden walls/streams/timelines/etc. > > The point is to have the network effect work for us. > > Pledging does not require much work and is not a hard decision, so > some people that would not be willing to move to libre networks just > like that - just might take these pledges. > > The more people pledge, the more other people see that there are, in > fact, many people trying or wanting, or thinking about going libre. > This is precisely what we're going for, and this is precisely where > our chance is. > > So, what do you think? > Sounds good. > > Me and my foundation is willing to take part and engage in such a > project if there would be some interest from others (see what I did > there with this pledge right now? ;) ). > You have my interest. Tell me what to do. > > -- > Pozdrawiam > Michał "rysiek" Woźniak > > Fundacja Wolnego i Otwartego Oprogramowania >
