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

[Paul Gardner-Stephen]

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> 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?

In recent weeks I keep leaning towards "resilient" as a good
descriptor, as it implies many things, including resilience to the
loss of infrastructure/internet access/official blessing.

Maybe I will pull out a thesaurus and have a bit more of a think over
the weekend.

Paul.

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