The first draft of the Zot! protocol is available for review. http://dfrn.org/zot-protocol.txt We will be starting to build implementations from this draft and would encourage feedback on the Zot! discussion group at http://groups.google.com/group/zot-dev
Read more... DFRN, Protocol, Zot!Zot! is a privacy enhanced social communications protocol for the web. Zot! is based on DFRN, but significantly extends DFRN functionality – while reducing implementation complexity. A little background: The DFRN specification was created and then published as an open spec in June 2010, because of a complete lack...
Read more... DFRN, Friendika, ProtocolWe’ve found some conflicts with using DFRN on PHP platforms that have “suhosin” (hardened PHP) installed. The DFRN remote profile exchange uses somewhat large URLs to conduct its business and some large URL parameters were being stripped out by suhosin. As a result, we’ve provided a slight variation of...
Read more... DFRN, ProtocolWe couldn’t figure out exactly how to brand something called “mistpark” and touting to be a social network. So we gave up trying. Instead we re-branded it. Say hello to Friendika, the new distributed social network http://friendika.com We’ve also added lots of new stuff.
Read more... Friendika, Mistpark, ServersSo much has happened within the last few weeks that it’s time to take a breath and tell you about it… Since we released Mistpark Server (now called Friendika), we haven’t stopped working on it for a moment. Let’s take a moment and recap what we’ve been working on...
Read more... Mistpark, ServersWe’ve updated the DFRN protocol to allow much more flexibility, and ability to connect directly to other services. Please see the updated protocol specification if you are a DFRN implementor. Version 1 applications will continue to be fully supported in version 2. It is not finalised – we are...
Read more... DFRN, ProtocolMistpark version 1.0 was designed to familiarise people with distributed social networking. We have even bigger plans for version 2. Mistpark (now called Friendika) is one of the only distributed social projects which has a notion of security and privacy and access control. It isn’t an afterthought. Mistpark was...
Read more... DFRN, MistparkMany people coming to Mistpark and DFRN from existing social networks get a bit confused about how friendship works in our network. The simple answer is that it happens more like it does in real life. We don’t just check a box and instantly become friends for life. We...
Read more... DFRN, MistparkHow many of you have children (teens and/or pre-teens) who have Facebook accounts? I do. Many of our schools are actually encouraging people to sign up for Facebook – and their friends are even asking them to to lie about their age (and not tell their parents) so that...
Read more... Mistpark, ServersHere at Mistpark Labs, we’ve been acutely tuned into the problems faced by celebrities trying to engage and interact in our leading social websites. On Facebook, you can’t have more than 10,000 friends. Then they pull the plug and tell you to use a “Fan” page. But you already...
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