Re: Significant German document claims: Interoperability of social networking instances is "almost impossible"

Ben Werdmuller:
> I don't read German (to my shame) but this is an interesting angle. A
> large group of Dutch civil servants built themselves a network on Elgg,

https://www.pleio.nl is mentioned in the document. But it is
centralized. I once met Davied van Berlo, the main person driving this.

> A government that wanted to test decentralized social tech in practice
> could do so this year: the apps and technologies are all there. The
> benefits for any group that chose to do so would be great, as the pilot
> would be highly cited.
> 
> It would be interesting to challenge the assumptions in the paper with
> working code.

Well, there are several options to challenge those assumptions. I am
preparing a reply. I am also aware that there are real opportunities.

I am very interested in ensuring that the results of the W3C Social Web
WG will be considered and used in the end.

Cheers,
Andreas

Received on Thursday, 21 August 2014 02:39:17 UTC