3 Distributed Social Network
5 IMPORTANT: Please see the file INSTALL for system requirements.
7 Mistpark is a social network without boundaries. Mistpark installations can
8 all link together into a global social network which is free from central
9 control. We are also developing connectors to seamlessly communicate with many
10 other open social networks and providers - GNU-social, Diaspora, Status.net,
11 and even the larger closed services such as Facebook and Twitter.
13 Over the coming months, the boundaries between these networks will start to
14 become indistinguishable as they all become part of your social circle.
16 Your personal thoughts and conversations belong to you - and are shared with
17 those you wish to share them with.
21 Mistpark is secure, and as private as you wish it to be. Our privacy settings
22 are straight-forward and simple, because we know that relationships rarely are
23 (straight-forward and simple). Whether you're communicating with drinking
24 buddies or potential employers, you can rest assured that each is only able to
25 see the side of you that you wish to present.
27 A single instance of Mistpark Server can easily support hundreds of (and up to
28 several thousand) people using commodity hosting hardware. Each of these
29 people are able to connect with potentially hundreds or thousands of friends
30 and associates on any other supported network anywhere in the world and share
31 photos, links, status updates, etc.
33 But maybe you don't want to be connected to the world... That's OK too.
34 Mistpark may also be closed off from the global community and used to support
35 social networking amongst corporate, educational, religious, and other private
36 communities. This makes it an excellent choice for the social networking needs
37 of young teenagers and especially k-12 organisations.
39 Every person on Mistpark has unlimited profiles available to them. There is a
40 "public profile" which can be seen by anybody. Additional profiles may be
41 tailored to specific groups or individuals.
43 Groups may be created and used for closed conversations. In this way your
44 conversations with one group of friends is completely isolated from other
45 friends or groups of friends.
47 Please see http://mistpark.com for more information.
49 At the present time, you may contact the author and raise issues via
50 the source code repository on github.com.
52 http://github.com/macgirvin/mistpark
54 It's your network now. If social networking isn't what you thought it would
55 be, help us to make it better.
57 Please support mistpark with a donation.