[GNU/consensus] Social Resilience in Online Communities: The Autopsy of Friendster

[Melvin Carvalho]

Read a summary of findings at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/03/google-facebook-nothing-lasts-for-ever

Quite an interesting study here:

http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.6109

Adoption remains a key challenge for the federated social networks that have, to date, tended to operate as balkanized islands, each with their own protocol. 

Perhaps some lessons from this story can help us to think of ways to challenge the dominant players...