From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 4609 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2020 16:57:08 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 24 Sep 2020 16:57:08 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLUY1-00G8f2-GP; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:56:45 -0500 Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLUXx-00G8d7-VY for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:56:41 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLUXw-008ZD5-EA for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:56:41 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Date:Subject: From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=aj1cu3JMhY4AKssihvt2CcUaN0z7uXriatBg8U8E040=; b=T/ZGV/lNFyN0lfo7OaD2mDbSl/ tXe2rTDQyTHKD2pdl07ByGnPfWRajpCdP828SvU3acaGUvGqyhpQuDu4InVb/q12XZZT+zxqAjcRR gzB4mw9Lj6yoI0uqDZulehqSyptbzOc9ktsRpljO1oEArtRxXJ6C4cKtXfZfjo9hep9g=; Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214] helo=ciao.gmane.io) by quimby with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLUXn-0000PG-NW for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:56:36 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLUXn-0009zp-3j for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:56:31 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Any interest in creating an nnfediverse backend? Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:56:26 -0700 Message-ID: <874knndsg5.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <86r1qr6u9n.fsf@dod.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:f8YOzlLcq4YrXitpi/859dKZkC0= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Steinar Bang writes: > Is there any interest in creating one, or more, backend(s) for "the > fediverse"? > > "The fediverse" is a common term for services that aim to replace > today's social media with decentralized alternatives. > > I have tried two of them: > 1. The twitter replacement mastodon > 2. The facebook replacement diaspora > > Both of them are based on having no centralized node, but instead having > decentralized server that talk to other servers and exchange postings > (similar to USENET). But these all must have their own APIs and protocols, right? I doubt it will be possible to write one nnfediverse backend that could serve all these different services -- we'd need an nnmastodon, nndiaspora... etc. Not to say it couldn't be done! I wonder about usability, though. The more a service moves away from "email-like" and towards the direction of "chat-like", the less appropriate Gnus will be, I think. Mastodon is probably fine, but I don't know how diaspora works. It would be nice to have Gnus handle pub/sub stuff, too.