[Terr_]

> But how is it different from hosting my own homepage

How is a "distributed social network" different from "a homepage"? ...Really?

It implies a hell of a lot more than a static website. Subscriptions. Message-passing between nodes. Establishing (and breaking) bidirectional friends-links. Protocols for content-types, privacy restrictions, and metadata...

> without the blockchain fanciness

Yes, that is intentional. Like I said in my post, I'm very cynical about how much "blockchain" actually brings to the table. I'm focusing purely on the "decentralized" part.

[drdeca]

I think people might have been interpreting your comment about blockchains as being along the lines of "people try to apply blockchains to /other/ things that they don't help much with", rather than meaning that they don't seem to do much for social networking sites.

Also, while I like blockchains for some stuff, I agree with much of what you are saying here.