The purpose of this blog was to flesh out the initial plan for the freetheinter.net project.
Now that plan has taken shape, so now I’ll just use this for personal blogging.
You can find some random musings in misc.
The purpose of this blog was to flesh out the initial plan for the freetheinter.net project.
Now that plan has taken shape, so now I’ll just use this for personal blogging.
You can find some random musings in misc.
Features are derived from the design.
Read More…The current plan occurs in two phases, possibly in tandem:
Read More…There exists some ideal personal social infrastructure, so let’s build it! The first step is always the same. Even if we don’t know how to build it yet, we have to just get started.
Read More…Freetheinter.net is an experimental dynamic infrastructure system that allows anyone to host their own network services using the devices and connections they already have. It was created in recognition of the severe need for individuals to take control of their own social interactions and information online.
Instead of individuals existing as tiny components of massive centralized services, individuals are elevated to the centerpiece of their online presence. Instead of services accumulating users, users accumulate services.
Once the basic design of automated self-hosted infrastructure has been completed, the first application is to implement a simple text-based social sharing system. This will serve as a technology proof-of-concept and realize the constraints of these systems.
Centrally controlled implementations of social networks are severaly handicapped by the very nature of being closed and controlled by a self-interested entity. Because control of information grants ultimate control of society, replacing social networks with user controlled systems is the only way for individuals to meaningfully control society.
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