X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=9ccb645b76fc5036dc13675f4f5fe88c68f8354b;hb=a8aba766bd0d2e0119ef144ccd654011231bf9ee;hp=693d3ecba35bab8e952e39d905c701443a023649;hpb=5c020b4aae5b0d9cd71fa2d925ed048c409d7ba5;p=friendica.git diff --git a/README b/README index 693d3ecba3..9ccb645b76 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,58 +1,148 @@ -Mistpark Server -Distributed Social Network - -IMPORTANT: Please see the file INSTALL for system requirements. - -Mistpark is a social network without boundaries. Mistpark installations can -all link together into a global social network which is free from central -control. We are also developing connectors to seamlessly communicate with many -other open social networks and providers - GNU-social, Diaspora, Status.net, -and even the larger closed services such as Facebook and Twitter. - -Over the coming months, the boundaries between these networks will start to -become indistinguishable as they all become part of your social circle. + ********* + Friendika + ********* + + Distributed Social Network + + http://friendika.com + + + Since the dawn of the world-wide-web, the internet has been a battleground +between the "big boys" with all their resources, and a bunch of upstarts whose +goal is to topple the status quo - and bring the same powers of global reach +to anybody with a computer and an internet connection. + + The latest battleground is social networking. Many of your friends would +have you believe that the world (and all the information in it) belongs to +Facebook. + + Friendika is here to rock that boat. + + Granted, all your friends aren't here - yet. The people who made fun of you +in high school (yet curiously wanted to be friends with you now) are still +"poking" each other and managing their virtual farms and telling you all about +their virtual gang wars. Would you miss them? + + I wouldn't. + + You probably have a handful of friends that are truly special. Tell those +friends that the world has changed - because it has. It's time to move on. A +year ago, if you had left Facebook, there was no place to go - at least a +place which offered the same kind of social interaction (and wasn't just +another huge company trying to make money off of all of your private +information). + + Today you have options. + + What if there was a social network which provided some of the same +interaction you've grown to love, *and* was free to use, *and* was open source, +*and* where your privacy is always under your control? + + And what if this social network could scale to encompass the entire +internet, and *not* require a central organisation to provide servers (in +exchange for selling your private information - and everything else they can +find out about you from logging all of your online activities and +conversations)? + + Look no further. + + Friendika is a social network without boundaries, and without ownership. +Friendika installations can link together into a global social network which +is free from central control. Besides the Friendika network (which is privacy +enhanced); you can also connect with and communicate with friends on identi.ca, +Status.Net and many other sites and social networks *today*. + + Welcome to the federated social web. If you choose not to use Friendika +(though we think you'd be foolish not to), you can choose any of 20-30 other +providers of federated social networking software and still be a part of this +vast new social network. This is going to be bigger than Facebook. + + Much bigger. + + We are currently developing connectors to seamlessly communicate with many +other open social networks and providers - like Diaspora, GNU-Social, +OneSocialWeb, and even some of the larger closed services such as Facebook and +Twitter. + + Over the coming months, the boundaries between these networks will start +to become indistinguishable as they all become part of your social circle. + + Our core belief is that your personal thoughts and conversations belong to +you - and are only meant to be shared with those you wish to share them with. + + Period. + + Friendika is secure, and as private as you wish it to be. Our privacy +settings are straight-forward and simple, because we know that relationships +rarely are (straight-forward and simple). Whether you're communicating with +drinking buddies or potential employers, you can rest assured that each is +only able to see the side of you that you wish to present. If you send a +private message to your aunt Mary, we will encrypt it with military grade +encryption. We also won't share it with advertisers. + + Other distributed social network projects talk about privacy and offering +a feature-rich social networking alternative, but all they can deliver is +vapour and vague promises. You've probably heard about the four guys in New +York and their "Facebook killer". What a disaster that was. Eventually they +may get it right and release something that actually works (and lets you do +something besides drag your friends into categories), but they may not. +What are you going to use in the meantime? + + Friendika delivers. We've got an incredibly rich social communications +interface you can make use of *right now*. + + And lest you think we're just trying to copy Facebook feature-for-feature, +you couldn't be further from the truth. We like the conversational style +because it feels natural, and that's why Facebook grew to be what it is today. +But we're creating something completely different. + + Something better. + + A single instance of Friendika can easily support hundreds of (and up to +several thousand) people using commodity hosting hardware. Each of these +people are able to connect with potentially hundreds or thousands of friends +and associates on any other supported network anywhere in the world and share +photos, links, status updates, etc. + + But maybe you don't want to be connected to the world... That's OK too. +Friendika may also be closed off from the global community and used to support +social networking amongst corporate, educational, religious, and other private +communities. This makes it an excellent choice for the social networking needs +of young teenagers and especially k-12 organisations. -Your personal thoughts and conversations belong to you - and are shared with -those you wish to share them with. + Every person on Friendika has unlimited profiles available to them. There +is a "public profile" which can be seen by anybody. Additional profiles may be +tailored to specific groups or individuals. Try doing that on Twitter. -Period. + Groups may be created and used for closed conversations. In this way your +conversations with one group of friends is completely isolated from other +friends or groups of friends. -Mistpark is secure and as private as you wish it to be. Privacy settings are -straight-forward and simple, because we know that relationships rarely are -(straight-forward and simple). Whether you're communicating with drinking -buddies or potential employers, you can rest assured that each can only see -the side of you that you wish to present. + You may also create interactive band/celebrity pages, special interest +groups, and even organisational 'soapboxes' - for social communications that +require the ability to scale to global levels. Friendika provides for automatic +relationship management in these extreme cases so that you can concentrate on +your message and public persona - and not worry about being swamped by friend +requests. You can even maintain private social contact with your closest +friends and public updates to your hordes of fans - using the same interface. -A single instance of Mistpark Server supports up to several hundred people -using commodity hosting hardware. Each of these people can connect with any -other supported network anywhere in the world and share photos, links, -status updates, whatever. + No other social network offers this ability. -But maybe you don't want to be connect to the world. That's OK too. Mistpark -may also be closed off from the global community and used to support -social networking amongst corporate, educational, religious, and other private -communities. This makes it an excellent choice for the social networking needs -of young teenagers. Their network can grow to global scope as their maturity -increases - and can be made available only to their known friends until then. -Every person on Mistpark has unlimited profiles available to them. There is a -"public profile" which can be seen by anybody. Additional profiles may be -tailored to specific groups or individuals. + Join us. -Groups may be setup for closed conversations. In this way your conversations -with one group of friends is completely isolated from other friends or groups -of friends. + ******************* + Friendika Demo Site + ******************* -Please see http://mistpark.com for more information. + http://demo.friendika.com -At the present time, you may contact the author and raise issues via -the source code repository on github.com. + ******************* + Friendika Downloads + ******************* -http://github.com/macgirvin/mistpark + http://github.com/friendika/friendika/tarball/master -It's your network now. If social networking isn't what you thought it would -be, help us to make it better. -Please support mistpark with a donation.