FTP as the social network?
- multi-user or just anonymous mode
- multi-format: read/write as you wish
- encrypted or plain connections, etc
Sep 11 · 5 weeks ago
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It's a little unwieldy but at the core not too different from anything else. There is no reason why you can't run Gemini over ftp, theoretically...
Gemini is primarily an ecosystem that includes transport, format, and social features, while FTP is limited to transport. Additionally, FTP does not require encryption, which is beneficial for energy efficiency. Its minimalistic design allows users to open text files without needing a browser; they can use any local application of their choice.
However, I don't like the passive mode implementation there, as it requires a port range and means outgoing connections to unknown destinations.
I don't think saying FTP was limited to transport is fair. I have heard some stories about communities built around pftp-sh#t/ssl/fxp. Although TBH, communication was usually done _outside_ of the ftp itself.
You can build a community over any technology, including a toilet.
In my neighborhood in NYC there is an community of people naming their WIFI networks with insults to Trump. They work very hard trying to outdo each other, and it seems to be a fairly active social group.
👻 darkghost · Sep 11 at 20:41:
And here I thought the days of amusing wifi names were gone
unix was a 'social network' if we accept that term: it had 'finger' which would show contents of the .project and .plan files. you could also check if that person have read email.
you could also finger user on other server, as well as initiate 'talk' with user on the other server.
but i think internet is the network, network created by social animals, so it is a social network. if your definition of social network necessary demands subscriptions and comments: no problem, rss/atom to subscribe and maybe openid to comment.
@stack sometimes it's better to build the community over a toilet than to try to operate with content through 10 status codes or Titan. An idea is to simply access the directory instead of operating forms with a single stream.
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