Friending (was: FSW CG now has 100 members)

>> Harry, that looks like a great initiative.  I enjoyed following the
>> workshop in 2009.
>>
>> Could I propose a simple use case:
>>
>> Friending -- ie it should be possible for a user in one social network, to
>> add a friend in another.
>>
>> We didnt really solve this yet.  If the workshop can work out use cases
>> such as this, it could be a great building block for further federation.
>>
>
> I would think the Pussubhubbub + ActivityStreams solves that, if by you
> mean "friend" you mean "follow their status updates in another network".
> The problem is more lack of implementation and any security/group
> features. However, there are always alternate ways and a list of use-cases
> would be great. Just send it in!

Doesn't ATOM/RSS already solve the friending issue? (i.e., if you mean
an asymmetric relationship)

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Sandeep Shetty

Received on Sunday, 30 June 2013 13:26:11 UTC