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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/04/14 12:23, Lockwood Michael
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I'm really interested in the move towards Decentralization of
Personal Data and Freedombox as a research area, more specifically
looking at the interface and how its developed for mass
participation.<br>
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I'm currently in the first stages of my PhD and could do with a
little help.<br>
Could anyone point me towards, Papers, People, Prototypes or any
information related to this area?</div>
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I'm not sure you'll find what you're looking for here.<br>
I too once thought one of the main features -- nay, *the* main
feature of FB is that it offered decentralization.<br>
However, when I argued this (at the time, I think stated as one of
the goals, but since removed) back in 2010, Jonas Smedegaard et al
were disagreeing.<br>
Since then (and because of that), I've lost track of the project,
unsure what the project even is about, except a Debian-based
personal server with a catchy name.<br>
I thought it would be much more than that.<br>
It seems federalization is as far as this project goes, except
perhaps for considerations of distributed naming/addressability, so
in case the people who advocated or worked on that are still here,
you may want to ask them.<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Luka<br>
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