Ego - Decentralized Social Networking

Ego is to social networking what P2P is to file-sharing. Like in P2P networks, each user uses a program, dubbed agent, that discovers and communicates with other programs in the internet by following a well-defined and extensible protocol. Unlike P2P networks, agents are indexable by search engines and as such can discover each other by doing a simple web search. This eliminates the need for seeding nodes, directories, central servers, etc. Agents allow their owner to select the levels of access different groups can have to private information, search engines included. Agents can also run arbitrary, downloadable applications that extend their capabilities, like keeping track of their location, interfacing with their owner over IM, etc.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• social networking
• decentralized
• distributed

[BurritoBazooka]

This would be grand if development continued on it. I thought of this concept, Googled it, and here it is! I'd love to be able to use it, though!

[beepboopmachine]

This sounds like a awesome project. But sadly, I don't see the download at the website.