[Lancaster] Twitter

[mp]

Richard Smedley wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 23:19 +0000, mp wrote:
>> Hmmm, Twitter is non-free software.
>>
>> But there are Free Software alternatives.
>> http://www.techenclave.com/open-source/identi-ca-open-source-twitter-alternative-114388.html
>> http://gigaom.com/2009/01/14/identica-gets-funding-to-make-open-source-twitter-variant/
> 
> Identi.ca is great - the Lconica software is something
> we're looking at implementing for a community.
> 
> However, although I'm on both Identi.ca and Twitter,
> it's the latter that most others (beyond the Free
> Software community) are on. Any suggestions as to
> how to change this are most welcome :-)

Get off Twitter, but twit it first to all your friends/contacts, stating
that you move to the Free Software alternative, because you believe in
the free Internet, which is being eroded by Twitter, Facecrack,
AOL/TimeWarner et al. When invited to Twitter, when spoken to about it,
state that it is bad for freedom, like some would say about things like
McDonalds.

Like ethical consumerism - Sainsbury's is not going to go away by
shopping in it. Shopping in Single-Step is better for the earth.

Cyberspace is a space in a rather real sense, but it is being enclosed
by non-free projects. The more that join the non-free, corporate
networks, the easier it will be to introduce traffic prioritisation at
switch level, which the network providers are very keen to implement -
hard and software ready to go (debated in the US under the terms
"network neutrality" and "common carriage"). If the majority of Internet
users are on Facecrack and Twitter (which will be highly prioritised),
then few will complain about the end of the free flowing internet.

Facecrack and Twitter etc. are the preconditions for the end of free
traffic on the internet.

mp