On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: > Hi, > > zx spectrumgomas <spectrumgo...@gmail.com> skribis: > >> the phrase "I urge you to come up with a solution that is not a >> threat to the privacy, freedom, and autonomy of our users." looks very >> good. The problem is that the real world is full of newbies and they >> don't know come up with these solutions (Me here). > > I’m not saying that you should implement one, I’m saying that you should > choose and promote one that addresses those concerns. > > There’s Status.Net for small messages, and there are free “social > network” kind of things like Diaspora, though I don’t what their current > status is. There may also be different kinds of tools we haven’t > mentioned, like wikis.
Diaspora was a good option. But I think that it is practically dead.I can not guarantee it. I'll try to see. If someone knows it is working well please comment it. >> It is clear that Guile has a serious problem with communication in >> social networks, and if someone does not want to see it then it's >> because his eyes are closed. > > You seem to amalgamate “social network” and those centralized, > privacy-threatening services. > > The phrase “social networks” really describes real-world social > interactions. There are many tools that can be used to reify social > networks on the net. Hackers often like email, IRC, and blogs. I > gather that nowadays people may have different preferences. > > But whatever tool they choose, I think they must understand what impact > it has on their freedom and privacy. > > Thanks, > Ludo’.
