inignoct wrote:
] I think there's a lot to this idea -- i think the kind of
] order it imposes on the flood of publications represents the
] best solution to filtering junk from jewels. Theoretically it
] could be extended to a behind the scenes protocol for
] reputation aggregation -- I'm sure Decius and Rattle could
] discuss it with more erudition than I -- point being, it's the
] future, or, anyway, *a* possible future, and it's promising...

I'll be at Interz0ne wandering around ranting about MemeStreams related stuff. Right now, I'm really interested in using MemeStreams to aggregate information from other Social Network sites, enabling context and group aware searching technology, email integration, better hosting capabilities, and generally maturing everything we have here already. I want Memes to have some Wiki like characteristics.

Decius and I need help. We need lots of help. There is no way we can really build this system by ourselves, there is simply to much that needs to be focused on for two people to do it all at once. Let alone while trying to keep ourselves fed and housed. (Which Decius does a better job at then I do.) We need people who can build the system, who want to use it. That's the only thing that keeps Decius and I dedicated to making this happen. We don't have the time, money, or energy to fully dedicate ourselves, but we have been doing it to the extent we are capable because we want this thing we have a vision of to exist. We need a network of developers. We need at least 6 more people with similar motivations. We need the peer-pressure development model in effect, driven by more then just Tom and myself. At the other end, if we can pull this off, we may just have a company capable of supporting our work.

If we can actually get this project to where its "bootstrapped", "hit critical mass", or whatever euphemism we declare fits today, we plan to open source it. I like the Livejournal model personally.. However, my goal is to build an open and trusted centralized resource. If we open source this site now, we scale out in number, like Slash. That does not serve our goals. Other people are already working on those goals. There are no easy answers in the new age of Sysops.

I feel the "promoting decentralization" thing has become a true lie of Machiavellian proportions. Its not that simple. There must be balance, there will always be centralized resources we depend on. Google is the voice of God on the Internet right now, go ask it a question, or tell it who your friends are. Ask VeriSign how to get there. These are the results of believing decentralization is the only true and right answer to solving core Internet infrastructure issues. Sure, those systems are very decentralized, but the reason they exist is because there one one vision holding them together. We talk of leadership vacuums, while running 30 queries an hour through parties that have us completely bent over, be their intentions good or evil. Only on the reruns of the Highlander, can there be only one. I know what I have my sites set on, and its not taking something out.. Its creating something to compete and innovate.

This labor of love is seriously accelerating my hair's conversion to grey.

RE: Behind the Rise of Google Lies the Rise in Internet Credibility