OneSocialWeb is a soon-to-be-released distributed social network based on XMPP. Reading the preliminary specification reveals that the developers have really planned this out well. My favorite feature is per-item privacy controls.
Just got burned by this, so I thought I’d let folks know.
The scam is simple and hinges on 2 key elements:
eBay “seller protection” doesn’t protect against this (or much else, for that matter).
eBay recently changed its policies to prevent anyone from leaving negative feedback ratings for buyers. Buyers can only be good people. Obviously.
And the [...]
NoseRub is making excellent progress towards free, distributed social networking. I’d still like to see more focus on self-hosted content (images, videos, etc.) and granular permissions/privacy settings.
I’ve been meaning to write almost exactly this post for the past 4 years (well perhaps with a little more vitriol).
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