On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Adam Pisoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is what I thought at first, but I'm trying to think ahead towards a > time when I don't have to maintain buddy lists and permissions on each > social network. > I think that each social network is different; the permissions I grant people on my Flickr account are fundamentally different than those that I grant on LinkedIn, which are again different from my Twitter account, and my blog doesn't have any permissions at all. I like it that way, and I don't actually want Flickr to know who I've approved on LinkedIn and vice-versa. My IM buddy list is entirely different, and actually differs from IM network to IM network, and account to account (i.e., I have multiple IM rosters). Another idea which avoids Flickr needing permission to auth against my buddy > list is somehow to let Flickr auth against the node itself. ie. I have > authorized specific people to sub from a particular node and given Flickr > affiliate permissions to publish to that node, but I've also given Flickr > permission to authorize people against those authorized to access that node. > This actually solves a number of problems (though I know there is > currently no way of doing this). Makes sense though right? > Another way to think about it would be to have your central PubSub server (e.g., adampisoni.com) subscribe to Flickr, and essentially act as a proxy --- you give yourself permissions to your entire Flickr stream, and then choose who gets permissions based on your central roster. I still think the caveat above applies, though. b.
