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Also, some these projects are may not be "distributed", such as Crabgrass, which AFAIK provides for group collaboration on one server, not a federation of services. [[User:Strypey|Strypey]] ([[User talk:Strypey|talk]]) 06:01, 13 April 2017 (UTC) | Also, some these projects are may not be "distributed", such as Crabgrass, which AFAIK provides for group collaboration on one server, not a federation of services. [[User:Strypey|Strypey]] ([[User talk:Strypey|talk]]) 06:01, 13 April 2017 (UTC) | ||
I agree with your definition. If we can't discover public posts and follow people, then it's probably more appropriate for [[P2P Communication Software]]. --[[User:Dvs1|Dvs1]] ([[User talk:Dvs1|talk]]) 15:16, 13 April 2017 (UTC) | |||
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Lorea was a fork of Elgg, which AFAIK is no longer being developed. StatusNet development continues under the name "GNU Social". which is already on the list. I have moved these to "inactive development". [[User:Strypey|Strypey]] ([[User talk:Strypey|talk]]) 06:01, 13 April 2017 (UTC) | Lorea was a fork of Elgg, which AFAIK is no longer being developed. StatusNet development continues under the name "GNU Social". which is already on the list. I have moved these to "inactive development". [[User:Strypey|Strypey]] ([[User talk:Strypey|talk]]) 06:01, 13 April 2017 (UTC) | ||
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definitional boundary
Just curious about how we are definiing "Distributed Social Network Projects". My understanding is that "social network" software refers to software that a) allow users to post short messages on the web ("microblogging"), making comments or sharing links, and b) allows users to "friend" or "follow" each other so they can receive, re-share, and perhaps reply to each others posts. A number of the projects now listed in this page are not "social network projects" by this definition, but provide others services such as synchronized remote backup of user files ("cloud storage"), eg ownCloud (FWIW ownCloud appears to be a zombie product whose active developers have moved to a fork called NextCloud, similar to the situation of Apache OpenOffice/ LibreOffice) Strypey (talk) 06:01, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
Also, some these projects are may not be "distributed", such as Crabgrass, which AFAIK provides for group collaboration on one server, not a federation of services. Strypey (talk) 06:01, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
I agree with your definition. If we can't discover public posts and follow people, then it's probably more appropriate for P2P Communication Software. --Dvs1 (talk) 15:16, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
dead projects
Lorea was a fork of Elgg, which AFAIK is no longer being developed. StatusNet development continues under the name "GNU Social". which is already on the list. I have moved these to "inactive development". Strypey (talk) 06:01, 13 April 2017 (UTC)