[rjaco31]

> If you think about it, the only thing that RSS/Atom was ever missing from becoming what Facebook/Twitter are today is a central aggregation point in the cloud. A smart startup [...] could potentially spell the death of proprietary timelines.

I've got the feeling you underestimate how important this central aggregation point actually is. Imho I'd even say it's the paramount reason Facebook/Twitter are still the top dogs, people are just attracted to the (unique) aggregator which already has the most people.

[dublinben]

When you can follow and interact with your friends/fans through a neutral aggregator regardless of what network they're on, what does it matter where most people are?

[rjaco31]

I'm not saying your point is wrong, I'm just saying that the current situation is in total opposition with this statement.

[tmaly]

some form of distributed set of nodes based on a blockchain would be cool to see.