solletica
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Seems like you could easily set up a social network system by just running a server that implements NNTP in such a way that anyone can create their own groups on demand and restrict membership to specific users. Users could then post view/pics, music files, videos, etc. to any of these "news" groups (now functioning as social groups), and a cloud agent (affiliated w/a cloud data service) could then keep track of all content (message, photos, etc.), with the NNTP groups' URLs (and uname, passwd) being added as just another source to be tracked by the cloud service.
IMHO, this is better than FB because users could use any email/news client they wanted (instead of a dedicated social network client restricted to a single service), and the media organizing tool (cloud service) is separated from the social network tool to allow all private media to be organized, instead of just the pics, videos, etc. that have been shared on the social network. Furthermore, most email clients already have exceptional address/contact organizing tools.
Am I missing something, or this just not as sexy as FB ?
IMHO, this is better than FB because users could use any email/news client they wanted (instead of a dedicated social network client restricted to a single service), and the media organizing tool (cloud service) is separated from the social network tool to allow all private media to be organized, instead of just the pics, videos, etc. that have been shared on the social network. Furthermore, most email clients already have exceptional address/contact organizing tools.
Am I missing something, or this just not as sexy as FB ?
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