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From: | Henry Litwhiler |
Subject: | Re: [Social-discuss] PHP-Based GNU Social structure |
Date: | Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:28:00 -0400 |
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On 3/28/10 3:21 PM, Matt Lee wrote:
Developing (or incorporating) good, solid, decentralized messaging protocol will have to be a major focus of the GNU Social project.On 03/28/2010 02:57 PM, Henry Litwhiler wrote:Assuming that we go with a pure-PHP GNU Social, what would the application look like, structure-wise? How would the nodes communicate?So, I thought about the two typical ways people communicate in something like Facebook. 1. They send messages to each other -- via wall posts, inbox messages, chat. 2. They publish things -- status updates, photos, notes, join groups. For the messaging, something like XMPP could be used.
I hadn't thought of that. This, of course, goes back to the "pull" rather than "push" methodology.For the publishing, something like RSS or Atom could be used.
What would the user experience be like?I think the UX would be similar to Facebook, but different in the ways we encourage communication.
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