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| == Synopsis ==
| | A few proposals on distributed architecture, that would allow to maintain independency and share costs. |
| Slashdot has a quite geeky use base, it might be supposed, that a lot of them would be willing to use a browser plugin to access Altslashdot, if the incentive would be save the community, disable ads etc. Still, a centralised webhosting would be needed, e.g. to attract novices or to support rare browsers.
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| The idea is, that if a lot of users use a bittorrent--style decentralised hosting, running the centralised web server would be cheap enough to live off ads and donations.
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| == Technology ==
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| There is some discussion about a relevant technology already. See e.g. [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110512/02063714244/could-bittorrent-be-distributed-social-network-people-have-been-clamoring.shtml| Could BitTorrent Be The Distributed Social Network People Have Been Clamoring For?]. In fact, a rudimentary technology that would serve a static site exists already, e.g. [http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/17182-idea-btsync-based-web-sites| btsync based web sites].
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| Surely, a lot od development would be needed. But the upside would be, that Altslashdot would be independent of businesses, dependent on users -- a good thing, as it would serve only the latter.
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| "Cheap" services like authentication or handling of user data like mod points could be done on the central server -- it is rare, that someone logs in or mods a comment, when compared to reading contents. Also, the former requires only a minimal bandwidth.
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| While centralising authentication and user data would make things much simpler, a special care should be given to limitting of permissions of the central server owners. For example, it might be an inherent part of the protocol, that:
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| * important data is mirrored outside the central server; this includes authentication data, but excludes low-importance and often changing data like mod points;
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| * users can vote on chosing a new central server.
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| * [[Synced servers|Synced servers style]] | | * [[Synced servers|Synced servers style]] |
| * [[Bit-torrent style]] | | * [[Bit-torrent style]] |