Reinventwiththepowerofthepeople

Dipl.Ing.DanRomescuTheAugmentedCi<zenAdvocate

@dromescu

NaturalOrganiza<on:SpiderandtheStarfish

DistributedstructuresinnatureAntscolony

Whytodecentralize?

•  1.Whena)acked,adecentralizedorganiza5ontendstobecomeevenmoreopenanddecentralized

•  2.It’seasytomistakestarfishforspiders

•  3.Anopensystemdoesn’thavecentralintelligence;theintelligenceisspreadthroughoutthesystem(swarmintelligence)

•  4.Opensystemscaneasilymutate

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RomanEmpirevs.A<llaCentralSystemvs.Unionsoftribes

Attheendwerejustruins…

FederatedversusMonolithPoli<calSystems–Coldwar

Moreargumentstodecentralize•  Thedecentralizedorganiza5onsneaksuponyou:

•  Foracentury,therecordingindustrywasownedbyahandfulofcorpora<ons,andthenabunchofhackersalteredthefaceoftheindustry.We’llseethispaSernrepeatitselfacrossdifferentsectorsandindifferentindustries.

•  6.Asindustriesbecomedecentralized,overallprofitsdecreasebutsocialefficiencyisgrowing:

•  Thecombinedrevenuesoftheremainingfour[musicindustrygiants]were25percentlessthantheyhadbeenin2001.Wheredidtherevenuesgo?NottoP2Pplayers[Napster].Therevenuedisappeared.

•  7.Putpeopleintoanopensystemandthey’llautoma5callywanttocontribute:

•  Peopletakegreatcareinmakingthear<clesobjec<ve,accurate,andeasytounderstand[onWikipedia].

•  8.Whena)acked,centralizedorganiza5onstendtobecomeevenmorecentralized:

•  AswesawinthecaseoftheApachesandtheP2Pplayers,whenaSackeddecentralizedorganiza<onsbecomeevenmoredecentralized.

Linux–OpenandDecentralized

Microso]withWindows

TheHistoryofSocialNetworkingorhowdowecreatedSocialMonoliths

SocialMonolithProper<es

• TotalControl• Nosustainablesystems,basedjustonbuygrowth• BlockInnova<oninsideandoutsidetheecosystem• WhoownsattheendourtheData?• Answer:Facebook,TwiSer,Google–notUS

FederatedSocialWeb

•  Protocols– XMPP

– WebID– OpenID– OStatus

•  Plaborms•  Diaspora•  BuddyCloud•  Elgg•  Drupal•  Statusnet•  Crabgrass•  Nosferoo•  SocialStream

FSWProper<es

•  GreenSpace•  Peopleengagement

•  Sustainable(LinuxofSoN)•  VirtuoscycleofFeedbackLoop

VirtuosCycleoftheFeedbackLoop

TheMapoftheWorld

NewSocialParadigms

oStatusSuite

• Webfinger•  LRDD•  Atom

•  Ac<vityStreams

•  Pubsubhubbub•  Salmon

•  PortableContacts

•  Thankyouverymuch,DanRomescu

• @dromescu