Re: Server administrator & accounts on shared instances (+ToS)

Getting tired of defending -1 votes.  Just vote +1 it if you think its
important.  Thats the point of voting isn't it?

Ben

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:49 AM, ☮ elf Pavlik ☮ <
perpetual-tripper@wwelves.org> wrote:

> Ahoy o/
>
> I just noticed on User Stories page comments from Ben
> "-1. What server administrator? This is distributed, There may be none.
>  — Ben Roberts"
> e.g.
>
> https://www.w3.org/wiki/Socialwg/Social_API/User_stories#Contest_content_report
>
>
> I understand that IndieWeb community focuses on specific scenario where
> everyone hosts one's own account. At the same time I think that here we
> also take into account scenarios where one instance, managed by server
> admin(s), provides accounts for many people. We see it out in a wild
> with Diaspora, Friendica, Pump.io, MediaGoblin etc.
>
> Could we clarify + document that we stay on the same page which
> *includes* IndieWeb style of deployments but doesn't put such constraint
> on everyone? Not sure where to put it on a wiki, maybe something like
> "Deployment Consideration" page?
>
> BTW I also included in my exprimental drafts[1][2], concept of Terms of
> Service, which will come relevant here and will differ a lot from what
> we know in ecosystem with handful of services dominating ecosystem and
> expecting people to actually read ToS.
>
> Cheers!
>
> [1] http://w3c-social.github.io/soc-glossary/
> [2] http://w3c-social.github.io/soc-arch/
>
>