X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e5c5e02d699d5d69f6606e82f8f44fa2a3f9aa89;hb=3eefe8b50003c858d4930c03cc06d2679a14347c;hp=216c1e4365417808e9c27f549d8a7850cee8c90d;hpb=ba957e9fe97d85809ea6bc53a998a4288cb2023c;p=friendica.git diff --git a/README b/README index 216c1e4365..e5c5e02d69 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,58 +1,146 @@ -Mistpark Server -Distributed Social Network + ********* + 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. + + 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. Things like "Private mail will be in the next +release". + + 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. You could even run +Friendika on an old PC in your closet or garage. 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. -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. + But maybe you don't want to be connected to the world... and that's OK +too. Friendika may 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. 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. + 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 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. + No other social network offers this ability. -But maybe you don't want to be connected 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 and especially k-12 organisations. -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 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. + ******************* + 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.