Re: the possible impact of future changes in webfinger (was Re: Anonymity and multiple identities)

On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Melvin Carvalho
<melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
> After 3 years, I dont feel it's delivered on its promises,

which promises were not delivered, and who can do (or who should have
done) what to fix that?

how does this feeling affect how you now think identity should be
federated? should we use centralized search instead?

Note that webfinger is important at the moment you action a friend
request. once two people are friends, you no longer need webfinger,
because you have other ways to communicate. But without webfinger, the
only way to send a friend request is by using a centralized database.

> and the world has moved on.

i was not aware of this - who is 'the world' here? to what did these
people move on? to having nothing?

> I look forward to you, and other webfinger evangelists, proving me wrong.  :)

if you decide to stand on the sideline saying "what you're doing is
never going to work" without helping to build something, then that
would be a great loss for this CG. Please help with doing the actual
wrong-proving! :)

Concretely, what mechanism do you suggest for friend requests?

Cheers,
Michiel

Received on Saturday, 7 July 2012 10:35:46 UTC