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What does it mean to make something?
• www.diasporaproject.orgHello all!
tl;dr We have launched Makr.io, a sister project to D* that tackles different, but related problems to giving people ownership over their data. Makr, is not replacing D* in any way, and it will complement it even more in the future.
We wanted to take a little time to talk about what we have been working on recently—a project called Makr.io.
During the last two years that we have been building Diaspora, we have uncovered lots of interesting problems related to our core mission—giving people ownership over their data.
We started working toward this goal by pursuing a technical solution; building a social web that put data in hands of its users. We realized after a while, however, that giving people ownership over their bits was only part of the problem. It isn’t just that people need to be able to own their own data, it’s that user data as it stands has no tangible meaning. We believe that ownership of data can be more valuable when you have the ability to create meaningful moments and experiences with your community.
Makr.io is solving the second part of the problem. It is an exploration of social communication that lets people make things they are proud of, and collaborate with other users. We’ve been using it to make jokes with our friends, but you might find something even more creative to do. We have loads of cool ideas for features to showcase how people sharing and building off of each other’s ideas. The goal is to make everyone feel like they can be a part of a creative conversation on the web, and own that feeling of being a maker.
So do us a favor, try it out, and keep checking back in the next few weeks to see how it evolves. If it is not your cup of tea, that’s ok too. Embrace your creativity, invite your friends, see what happens, and have fun.
And of course, Makr.io is being made possible by the very thing that drives it: the open source ecosystem. It’s freely available for developers to check out and improve. The complementary nature of Makr towards the Diaspora project will allow both of them to share important fixes and improvements, and will help one another grow. You can track Makr’s development here.
We will have more about Makr in the coming month.
<3,
D* team.
FAQ:
Why is this not just in Diaspora proper?
Makr is still heavily in development. Since we are still figuring out
exactly how its going to work, we did not want to burden our current D*
with lots of rapid (and possibly breaking) changes. It also helps us to
work faster.
What happens to D*?
D* needs something like Makr to exist; we need a way to share where
people feel they are actually contributing and building something,
rather than just capturing side effects of everyday life. D* gets better
in a world with Makr.
Will Makr be merged back into D*?
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