Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

What tells me I'm on the right track with CList? Initiatives like this. The proponents plan to build on federated social software and to include features such as bridging from service to service, distributed identity, and multiprotocol integration. I've already developed these in my proof of concept so I know it's possible. The real challenges are in things like content moderation and the full social ecosystem. How do you manage unwanted content in a network that supports genuine privacy and decentralized ownership? My own approach is to base interactions on 'pull' - that is, the only content you see is content you asked for. That makes it a poor platform for broadcasting, marketing and propaganda. 

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Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
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