Own Your Identity

#1

Post by thisisblurry » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 1:02 AM UTC

Re: Own Your Identity

#2

Post by BrianBerk » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 2:23 AM UTC

As he mentions in the post, this is from one of the creators of Tumblr, who's elevator pitch at this point is "a social network that gives users control of their identity". It is one of the easiest ways for someone to practice what he's preaching.

Still, the people who are converting everything over to Google+ aren't crazy (well, they are a little bit, no search and no RSS is kinda a big deal). The design of G+, particularly the permalink pages, does a good job of making the first thing you see the actual content, not the fact that it is on G+.

Re: Own Your Identity

#3

Post by william42 » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 2:34 AM UTC

Going to post this here, since it seems relevant to tumblr discussion: http://spinor.tumblr.com/post/7113243594/decentralized-tumbl...

Re: Own Your Identity

#4

Post by Fargren » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 2:37 AM UTC

Going on a tangent, but hotmail is really good nowadays. My non-serious-mail-from-friends account is on hotmail, and it's as good as gmail, a bit better in some stuff and a bit worse in others.

Re: Own Your Identity

#5

Post by kefs » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 2:46 AM UTC

http://www.kevinrose.com/ should read this.

Re: Own Your Identity

#6

Post by starnix17 » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 2:46 AM UTC

BrianBerk wrote: post #2

As he mentions in the post, this is from one of the creators of Tumblr, who's elevator pitch at this point is "a social network that gives users control of their identity". It is one of the easiest ways for someone to practice what he's preaching. Still, the people who are converting everything over to Google+ aren't crazy (well, they are a little bit, no search and no RSS is kinda a big deal). The design of G+, part…

Also worth noting, he's no longer using Tumblr for Marco.org: http://www.marco.org/secondcrack

Re: Own Your Identity

#7

Post by russnewcomer » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 2:49 AM UTC

It's not just individuals that need to own their identity. I work with small businesses and have helped numerous clients move from @aol.com or @hotmail.com addresses to their own domains. And it's not just businesses, either. I have worked in third-world countries and seen governments print "countryforeignerregistration@yahoo.com" on official documents.

The only reason I don't own my identity online is that I've been too cheap to pay for domain registration. And that's an ever less meaningful excuse.

Re: Own Your Identity

#8

Post by zobzu » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 2:53 AM UTC

russnewcomer wrote: post #7

It's not just individuals that need to own their identity. I work with small businesses and have helped numerous clients move from @aol.com or @hotmail.com addresses to their own domains. And it's not just businesses, either. I have worked in third-world countries and seen governments print "countryforeignerregistration@yahoo.com" on official documents. The only reason I don't own my identity online is that I've been…

unfortunately having a domain is not enough you have to be on twitter maybe youll have to be on g+ sometime soon too then you dont own it anymore

additionally, ive always worried about the fact that the dns registar generally own your dns and just let you use it for a fee.

Re: Own Your Identity

#9

Post by robryan » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 3:04 AM UTC

Fargren wrote: post #4

Going on a tangent, but hotmail is really good nowadays. My non-serious-mail-from-friends account is on hotmail, and it's as good as gmail, a bit better in some stuff and a bit worse in others.

Yeah, hotmail just has a bad reputation because it was pretty average for a time, so people look down on others when they give out their @hotmail email address. I use it, mainly because it was what everyone used back when I created in high school. I have a gmail to but at my volume of email never really felt compelled to totally switch over.

Re: Own Your Identity

#10

Post by sixtofour » Tue, Jul 12, 2011, 3:06 AM UTC

zobzu wrote: post #8

russnewcomer wrote: post #7

It's not just individuals that need to own their identity. I work with small businesses and have helped numerous clients move from @aol.com or @hotmail.com addresses to their own domains. And it's not just businesses, either. I have worked in third-world countries and seen governments print "countryforeignerregistration@yahoo.com" on official documents. The only reason I don't own my identity online is that I've been…

unfortunately having a domain is not enough you have to be on twitter maybe youll have to be on g+ sometime soon too then you dont own it anymore additionally, ive always worried about the fact that the dns registar generally own your dns and just let you use it for a fee.

Yes, for some reason we say we "own" our domains, but I always seem to have to renew my lease.