The Distributed Social Networking Protocol (DSNP) allows everyone to collaborate to create one
social network
A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for ...
that is decentralized, like
email
Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages ("mail") between people using electronic devices. Email was thus conceived as the electronic ( digital) version of, or counterpart to, mail, at a time when "mail" mean ...
.
It is an
open technology that supports private communications in a manner that users of modern social networks have come to expect. The current version of the protocol is 0.6, though the project has been discontinued. The leading author is Adrian Thurston.
See also
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Distributed social network
A distributed social network or federated social network is an Internet social networking service that is decentralized and distributed across distinct service providers (similar to email, but for social networks), such as the Fediverse or the I ...
References
External links
DSNP: Distributed Social Networking Protocol
Mailing list archiveGitHub repository
{{Online social networking
Social networks
Distributed computing architecture
Social networking services
Open formats
Application layer protocols