I left facebook about a year ago and don't miss it, though I feel isolated. Many things seem to require fb and I dont see them or get to hear about things. I'm going to look at the fb alternatives mentioned here. Dave On 30 Sep 2014 20:34, "ahanon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Annie; > > Hiyas, > > Interesting links, Rob, Annie, Geert, Joel.. (eg the bible myth link.. ;) ) > > Am going to throw another: http://twister.net.co/ (keep meaning to check > out, though am a tad suspicious of sequences that includde stuff like: > "Bitcoin Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Bitcoin Developers libtorrent Copyright > (c) 2003 - 2007, Arvid Norberg twister Copyright (c)" - taken from: > https://github.com/miguelfreitas/twister-core ) > > Another, more fb oriented kind of platform is http://friendica.com/ > > Hope to get some time soon to check the gnu social.. It looks interesting > indeed. Not sure why, or how come there aren't more people using it... > > Anyhow.. Perhaps its interesting that this thread indicates people would > rather fancy having a social social network - rather than privatised > digital socialsperes kind of "social" network... Perhaps the ello people > used a capitalistic logic that attempts to, err, capitalise on that very > fancy? > > The other bit of "Interesting" in my mind, seems to be linked the need for > a social network to have a bunch of people doing networking. We clearly > have that - however, it seems like there is a certain dynamic of > sequences, and/or aesthetics, that keeps people crowding in facebook.. > (idk.. am out of there, come join me at elsewe.re - where no one's non > data is a living social ghost..? ;) ) > > Cheers and many late september 2014 ciaos! > > aharonon3 > xxx > > > > > > > > Thanks for the link. > > > > For-profit, now even not-for-profit, companies all begin by sounding > > like they are humanitarians, but as they become profitable their will to > > power, knows no limit, and unfortunately there is no limit imposed on > > them. > > "Too big to fail,"//means that in Wall Street's reading of the myth, > > Goliath slaughters and eats David. > > > > -Joel > > > > > > On 9/29/2014 11:48 PM, Annie Abrahams wrote: > >> I was there for one day > >> I left already > >> feeling betrayed because it turned out to be capital ventured and > >> wasn't as "free" as it announced > >> > >> https://vimeo.com/106681730 > >> > >> Renee Turner wrote an interesting post about the ambiguity > >> http://www.fudgethefacts.com/?p=829 > >> > >> Personnaly I find it harder to not be able to trust people who act as > >> if they want the same thing as you want, than to know I am exploited. > >> There is also this https://aralbalkan.com/notes/ello-goodbye/ > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 8:02 AM, BishopZ <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> consider it like a bridge... > >> > >> a leap to yet another already dissipating plateau > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Roger Mills > >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > anyone uncomfortable about the exclusivity that ello seems to be > >> propagating > >> > ? > >> > > >> > who has been invited ? why people haven't ? who you need to be, > >> or what you > >> > need to have done to get an invitation ? > >> > > >> > exhibitions in all the right places with all the right people ? > >> > > >> > isn't the basic premise of invitation only deeply flawed ? > >> > > >> > i know the arts thrive on this sort of thing but do we really > >> need more ? > >> > > >> > who does the vetting ? and who vets the vetters ? > >> > > >> > just sayin.... > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Roger Mills > >> > http://www.eartrumpet.org > >> > http://roger.netpraxis.net > >> > > >> > "Knowledge is only rumour until it is in the muscle" - Asaro > >> Mudmen, Papua > >> > New Guinea. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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