NoseRub.com
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NoseRub.com: A decentralized social network
Launched in 2007 by Dirk Olbertz, a programmer at Cologne, Germany-based Ormigo, NoseRub.com is an open-source protocol designed to create a social network that lives on members' computers, rather than on servers owned by a company.
The project is still largely run by Olbertz and two partners: Alexander Kaiser, an art director and designer at [[MediaVentures.de|Media Ventures GmbH] in Cologne, and Daniel Hofstetter, a Swiss developer and blogger.
One place for all your web activity -- and your friends' activity -- with NoseRub.com
People who want to use NoseRub create a profile at any of several sites using the protocol. Sites now using NoseRub include [http:/tribe.de Tribe.de], Identoo.com, MartialConversations.com and more.
Your profile includes all web accounts and any personal information you want to share. People you share your profile with can see the activities you've aggregated there -- for example, the photos you've posted lately -- and can comment on your activities, or mark them as favorites.
How is NoseRub different from FriendFeed?
So, this all is basically what FriendFeed does, too. What’s better
NoseRub is free and OpenSource, what might not be an advantage point for all you out there, but it is important to know that NoseRub cannot vanish, because someone else buys it and decides to bury it.
But NoseRub is also decentralised. That means that comments and favorites are distributed between various servers on which NoseRub was installed. So, if you have a NoseRub server running on yourownserver.com and add me as a contact, you will see all my activities in the stream of your contacts. Once I add a new web account (eg flickr) to my profile, you will get that, too.
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- What is NoseRub all about?
- Social networks are great: you can stay in touch with friends all across the world and find new ones based on your interests. But often, social networks serve a single purpose or interest. For instance photos, videos or classmates from school and university.
Address for NoseRub.com
- Cologne
- Germany
Languages
English
Related Domains
External Links
- Alexa: NoseRub.com
- WHOIS for NoseRub.com