On Jul 19, 12:49 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > Another killer app I would like to see it this: > A p2p news app. > Imagine installing web2py and an app that allows you to select > keywords of interest. the app connect to other apps of the same tipe > via xmlrpc fetches recent news items that match your interests and > serves them locally. You can block individual news and/or post more > news. Visitors can comment and vote. Comments stay local but upvotes/ > downvotes affect propagation of the news. The layout could be > customizable. > I am very concerned about governments censoring information. This > system would create a worldwide news network without a central point > of failure. A particular item propagates as long as the readers find > it interesting.
Isn't this basically what social networks do already? I see this very clearly with the current news on the Iranian post- election fallout: * News items pop up in all sorts of places (Traditional Broadcasters/ Blogs/Facebook/Twitter) * These get forwarded through all these diverse media again (including being shared in Google Reader) I rather like this heterogeneous system as it provides for diverse routing. The main issue with censorship here is the Nokia-Siemens DPI which needs to be avoided using tools like ToR or Haystack. To get the p2p app to work effectively, many people would need to take it up. Again, the diverse interlinked routes we have already seem like less of an uphill struggle... F --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
