Re: <nettime> Fwd: Diaspora* means a brighter future for all of us.

[John Hopkins <jhopkins@neoscenes.net>]

Hei Yosem --

> I understand the skepticism, John, but we're the real deal, when
> it comes to trying to do the opposite of what these corporate,
> commercial networks do. And we'd be lucky to have you on Nettime
> join us in our attempt to reinvent the social web.

Actually not being sceptical at all -- IRC was/is the precursor
to everything network social (in concert with email and Usenet).
Certainly for file-sharing, and synchronous communications, it led the
way from 1989 onwards until a few years ago...

For me there are more fundamental issues at stake than 'which platform
will win' -- dot.com or dot.net or whatever. Core is the deep
problematic divide of giving life-time attention to screens and not to
the human most proximal to you. (Especially given the decay of civil
society as one can witness day-to-day in the developed world).

jh





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