[Freedombox-discuss] "What's a Distributed Social Network?" -- the comic

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 07:48:06PM -0800, Dan Overholtzer wrote:
>On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:36:22 -0800, Jake Emerson 
><jakeemerson at spatial.maine.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Decentralized network" probably evokes an accurate picture in 
>>people's minds, and that could help tell the story. Just a thought 
>>to chew on while the project is still young.
>
>
>The subconscious does not process negatives. When it hears the word 
>"don't" it simply goes in to waiting mode until the next word is 
>spoken. The same goes for the structure of words. "De-centralized" 
>will be processed, by your unconscious, as "centralized."
>
>That is not to say that "distributed" is a much better choice. It is 
>not. It, also, has a subtle implication of "distributor" which we would 
>do well to avoid. I can think of no better word, from a PR and 
>psychological standpoint, than the word "shared." Yes, it is imprecise 
>and borderline meaningless. It is also the word that evokes the thing 
>that we are all trying to do.

federated?


  - Jonas

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