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OpenMicroBlogging

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OpenMicroBlogging is an open protocol that allows different micro-blogging services to inter-operate. It lets the user of one service subscribe to notices by a user of another service. This enables a federation of new communities[1], as potentially an organization of any size can host a service. OpenMicroBlogging utilizes the OAuth and Yadis protocols and does not depend on any central authority.

History

The first implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging protocol is the Laconica software. identi.ca is the first service to support OpenMicroBlogging[2], and other sizeable services including Leo Laporte's Twit Army at http://army.twit.tv are amongst those powered by the open source Laconica.[3]

The second implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging protocol is the OpenMicroBlogger software.

Implementations:

Services

References

  1. ^ Stay, Jesse (2008-8-12) Identi.ca and the Power of Microbranded Communities. Retrieved 2009-1-4.
  2. ^ Mayfield, Ross (2008-7-2) Identica launches, an open source Twitter. Retrieved 2009-1-5.
  3. ^ Malcolm Bastien, There's Twitter the company, and twitter the medium. 2009-3-24.