OpenMicroBlogging
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OpenMicroBlogging is a deprecated communication protocol that allows different microblogging services to interoperate with each other. It lets the user of one service subscribe to statuses from a user of another service. This enables the creation of a federation of new communities,[1] as an individual or organization of any size can host a service that supports the protocol. OpenMicroBlogging utilizes the OAuth and Yadis protocols and does not depend on any central authority.
OpenMicroBlogging has been superseded[2] by an enhanced version of it, OStatus.[3]
History
[edit]The original implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging protocol is the Laconica software, which changed its name to StatusNet in August 2009.[4] Identi.ca is the first service to support OpenMicroBlogging,[5] and other sizeable services including Leo Laporte's Twit Army were amongst those powered by the open source software.[6]
Since March 2009, one can search users' accounts in Twit Army from within Identi.ca. You could also subscribe to accounts at Twit Army from your Identi.ca account.
A third-party implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging protocol is the OpenMicroBlogger software.
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]Implementations:
- OpenMicroBlogger
- StatusNet (formerly)
Services
References
[edit]- ^ Stay, Jesse (2008-8-12) Identi.ca and the Power of Microbranded Communities. Retrieved 2009-1-4.
- ^ Prodromou, Evan. "Understanding OStatus". Status.Net. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ OStatus[usurped]
- ^ Laconica is now StatusNet Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mayfield, Ross (2008-7-2) Identica launches, an open source Twitter. Retrieved 2009-1-5.
- ^ Malcolm Bastien, There's Twitter the company, and twitter the medium. Retrieved 2009-3-24.
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