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It would be nice if StatusNet allowed you to keep the same identity regardless of which instance you are on.
- Marjolein Katsma and Al-Scandar Solstag like this.
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Yes. If one instance is down, you can post from somewhere else. And you always keep the same username. Worth looking into.
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yeah, that would be epic.
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@gomerx excellent idea! portable identities.
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Yeah, I've been thinking about moving to the StatusNet instance at parlementum, but I'll loose all my subscribers and I have to refollow etc
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@gomerx that would be awesome!
i would love to be able to keep my friends and such, regardless of which instance i used. -
That's why when I move I'm moving once and for all. I've seen people jump around so much I lose track of them.
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I'm most interested in re-subscribing to people, so I'll go through them one by one and re-add. My subscribers will catch up.
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I've thought about ways portable identities could be implemented, but I have no idea how hard it would be. Maybe it's being worked on
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you mean like this?
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and this??
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and this??? :)
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@exador23 Considering how often my self identity changes, why would I expect software to keep up?
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No, you still show up as 3 different accounts. I mean something more than having the same name on multiple instances.
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Of course that would mean no one could create an account without checking every other instance for the User ID. Which could be a problem.
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@gomerx why switch instances at all? why not just have a software download on everyone's computer that serves as a single-user instance?
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@gomerx so what if your account (only) lives on your *own* machine while posting on/from different nodes?
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Yeah, I think that's what OpenID is for.
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Yeah, right now I'm thinking about jumping to parlementum or setup my own SN instance. But haven't decided yet.
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Yes. I'm just starting to find OpenID useful.
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That said, I violently disagree with the idea. There's a reason we domain names in email addresses.
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How do you post from a node without having an account? An E-mail style relay system? Sounds like nirvana for spammers.
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I was thinking about having an entire account sync on up to 2 or 3 instances a la Hadoop. That would be complicated, though.
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Right. THe more I think about it, the more I realize the advantages of "user@domain" as a unique ID.
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@gomerx by having an account (allowance to post) *for* your own unique identity which lives on your own machine?
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@gomerx something like that may even *help* with spam control - in order to post you need to gain permission to post first
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So have an account for your account on another instance. Just send all dents to (gomerx@identi.ca)@dent.gomertronic.com. Complicated.
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@gomerx maybe prove your good intentions first in a 'sandbox'-like node before other nodes allow an id to post via theirs #thinkingaloud
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Maybe OpenID is better. It still seems clinky, but at least it already exists.
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@gomerx maybe complicated... you need an account for your ID/profile but the latter lives on your machine - I can see possibilities
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That's another common problem in these situations. Just because someone else validated you doesn't mean I should.
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@gomerx OpenID is I think half-way there but would need to be extended (or you'd need a wrapper maybe).
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@gomerx Yeah, I was thinking of an "Identity Forward" or something, that when people subscribed to one account, it forwarded them to another
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@gomerx no, but a node could set a (configurable) quorum - and it could work both ways: banned from too many nodes could auto-ban
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@gomerx the idea is to completely de-couple publishing (nodes) and identities (profiles).
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Well, I'm not one to suggest solutions for other people to build. When I know a lot more maybe I can come up with something I can implement
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@evan if that was to exist, wouldn't it mean that there would be one parent server, i.e. all instances would merge into one?
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And to do that without a central directory or some central management of nodes is a challenge.
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@gomerx absolutely. but I don't think it's impossible...
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@gomerx maybe a FOAF-like network where nodes 'know' friend nodes - there's no central in FOAF but it can be 'navigated'
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@gomerx I think we need a system with spam control built-in from the start.
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@gomerx both SN and T failed in that respect but after initial inertia T evolved faster and better, now has a largely automated system
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