[wplug] VPS recommendation

[George Larson]

Oh, very great!!

Yeah, Diaspora was a bit of a disappointment.  Kinda got wonky right out of
the gate and I was one of the egg-faced supporters who was wishfully
talking-up how great it was going to be.  XD

I wasn't aware of Friendica but it looks pretty awesome -- and I'm thrilled
to see them flying the IDL logo!

Please add me to the list of people interested in giving you a hand, if you
could use a hand.  (:

On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Justin Smith <justin at js-wordsmith.com>wrote:

> It looks like MetaARPA is a good deal if you don't need too much storage
> space, but if you're going to be running something where people can post
> pictures and other media files, I think it's best to play it safe. Still,
> SDF
> looks like a nice organization. I'm going to look into it more for my own
> use
> once I've got some free time.
>
> You don't have to leave all your friends behind to move to an open
> platform, George. Friendica, for instance, has a “Facebook Connect” plugin
> that keeps you linked up with all of your friends who won't switch over.
> You
> can read their Facebook activity and make posts to Facebook just as you
> ordinarily would, but you also get all of the nifty features that Friendica
> provides!
>
> There are plugins that support IRC chat, OpenStreetMap, other non-free
> social networks, Gravatar, and more. In fact, since Friendica seems to
> offer so much more than other platforms, I'm looking very closely at it.
> Its
> developer seems to have a good head on his shoulders, even if he can't
> write good documentation. Maybe that's where I come in.
>
> From what I can see, Diaspora is generally regarded as a flop, even by the
> people in charge. They took down their official blog and don't seem to
> have any status updates on the main page.
>
> --
> *Justin S. Smith*
> Vice chair/secretary, WPLUG Board of Directors
> http://www.wplug.org[1]
>
> /"Isn't it ironic that the proprietary software developers call us
> communists? We are the ones who have provided for a free market, where
> they allow only monopoly."/
> -Richard Stallman
>
> On Wednesday, August 07, 2013 09:34:08 AM George Larson wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Justin Smith <justin at js-
> wordsmith.com>wrote:
> > > Anyhow, all of this is nothing but wishful thinking unless I've got
> > > somewhere to put it up. What would you recommend for a reasonably-
> priced
> > > VPS? I know we use Linode for the server, but I'm curious to see if any
> of
> > > you have any better recommendations. I've already got a spare
> domain name
> > > that I could use.
> >
> > Can't be sure I would say *better* but SDF.org's MetaARPA membership
> offers
> > VPS and, if I correctly recall, it's an investment of about $36 per year.
> > [  http://sdf.org/?tutorials  ]
> >
> > I'm interested, btw, in your social networking efforts.  Same time, I
> feel
> > that these things go by mob-rule.  Something like Diaspora seems great
> for
> > staying in touch with fellow geeks.  However, if I want to find my
> > non-technical friends, they will be on FB (with a slow trickle toward
> > Google+).  And, as those friends tell me, I will find them on FB because
> > that is where their other friends are, in one big Ouroborus of
> popularity.
> > (8
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