Comments on: RSS + XMPP = Decentralized Twitter

By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Embedding profile data, social graphs and content

Wed, 14 May 2008 02:54:05 +0000

[...] This balancing act must also be taken into context with the other goings on of the open mesh, namely the Live Web, and whether or not its important to decentralize Twitter. [...]

By: SIOC-based microblogging : Alexandre Passant

SIOC-based microblogging : Alexandre Passant — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:05:15 +0000

[...] there have been a lot of buzz recently regarding ways to provide open alternatives to Twitter, then fun thing is that we worked [...]

By: John Breslin

John Breslin — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:25:22 +0000

We’ve recently written a paper showing (one prototype called SMOB of) how distributed / decentralised microblogging can work:

“Microblogging: A Semantic Web and Distributed Approach”

http://www.semanticscripting.org/SFSW2008/papers/11.pdf

The SMOB prototype code (both the semantic microblogging publishing client and server-based web service) is available at:

http://smob.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/

See some pictures and more information on my blog post at:

http://www.johnbreslin.com/blog/2008/05/09/prototype-for-distributed-decentralised-microblogging-using-semantics/

By: Cloudlands

Cloudlands — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:18:45 +0000

Prototype for distributed / decentralised microblogging using semantics…

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch wrote an interesting blog post on Monday about a “decentralised Twitter”, which was picked up by Dave Winer, Marc Canter and Chris Saad amongst others.
I’m happy to say that we have recently described a…

By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » My Words are my Sword

Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » My Words are my Sword — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:53:55 +0000

[...] When my gut tells me there’s something wrong with Twitter - I complain about it early and often. [...]

By: Luigi Montanez

Luigi Montanez — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:17:38 +0000

My final statement above should be corrected:

Feeds != (just) RSS

By: Luigi Montanez

Luigi Montanez — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:01:50 +0000

Not sure what the bightable cloud is, but definitely agree that RESTful AtomPub over XMPP is a much better solution than RSS: Here’s how AtomPub works in WordPress:

http://codex.wordpress.org/AtomPub

RSS != Feeds

By: sam sethi

sam sethi — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:44:26 +0000

A better solution is atom (gdata) over XMPP with the content in the bightable cloud and using a RESTful interface.

By: Matt Terenzio

Matt Terenzio — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:21:12 +0000

We dont’ decentralize anything else?

Uhh, email, DNS, Blogging . . .

And XMPP has already well proven that IM can be decentralized. GTalk + millions of indy Jabber users.

I believe this WILL happen. But it might take time in the way that IM walled gardens are still melting down.

It’s good that we are talking about this earlier rather than later.

Keep an eye on openmicroblog.org. I’ll be working there.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:22:09 +0000

You guys are nuts.

Dave Winer is fretting over “saving” what amounts to nothing more than vapid toss offs. Lord what we do if all of your precious 140 character twitters are lost? Horrors! Modern culture as we know it would cease.

You’re saying Twitter “blew it” when from what I can see, you’re all obsessed with the company. If anything, the value of the company probably increases each time you all bitch.

Arrington is talking about how “easy” this would be, when he’s never touched a line of code in his life. Frankly, I’m waiting for his hand coded beta. Let’s see Arrington slap down some code.

And outside of Silicon Valley, who gives a rat’s ass?

(No rule of grammar was harmed in the making of this comment)