On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:59 PM, hellekin <helle...@gnu.org> wrote: > On 12/18/2012 10:08 AM, zx spectrumgomas wrote: >> >> >> Facebook, Google+, Twitter. >> >> I think Guilers are wrong not managing an account like that. >> >> With google+'s account is different. >> > *** No it's not. Anyone can create an account anywhere, and then grant > it to some authority figure, or share admin privilege with other people > in a community. The question is not who is administering the account, > but what does it imply for users to use that service. In any and all > these cases, you're deflecting public activity (free software can be > understood as a common good) to a private space (a privately-owned > company, that DO NOT respect user's privacy to any acceptable level.) > > You're talking about convenience, while you should be thinking about > freedom. You should be asking yourself: if I am free to represent or > promote a free software on private ground, does that benefit others' > freedom, or does that impede their freedom? Is that allowing users to > participate without constraint? Is that nurturing the community? > > Think carefully. Attracting a mass of users would probably benefit the > community, but moving the conversation to private grounds, where a > private for-profit company can claim copyright on your contributions, > and will track user behavior, certainly won't. > > That has nothing to do with being a newbie, or reaching a large "social > network" (remember: the social network is made of human relationships, > not corporate goodies), or confusing community and mass-media. > > I would, personally, accept the use of such services for > *announcements*, that link to free, non-tracking, community-operated > sites, such as this mailing-list, the IRC channel, Andi Wingo's blog, > etc. I know that rms would simply say something in the lines: these > services are tracking their users, and they're not free software, so > don't use them. >
"With google+'s account is different" meant only to pretentiousness newbie level. Obviously thinking about freedom problem is the same if account is community or isn't. I will see Diaspora tonight or if someone want see it before it's perfect.
