1. Decentralisation: The Future of Online Social Networking
Problems Addressed:-
Potential privacy and Information access limited to respective social networking sites.
Suggested Solution: –
A decentralised social networking framework.
Advantages:-
- High level of user interaction.
- Users have higher control of their data.
- Based on Linked data as suggested by Sir Lee 2006.
- Application and data linked via URL.
Citation:-
Yeung, C. & Liccardi, I & Lu, K. & Seneviratne, O. & Lee, T.B, “Decentralization: The Future of Online Social Networking”, Decentralized Information Group, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, US
2. A Decentralised Social Networking Infrastructure
Problems Addressed:-
Loss of data ownership in social networks once shared.
Suggested Solution:-
A decentralised PrPI infrastructure prototype.
Advantages:-
- Prevents loss of ownership of data.
- Decentralised OpenID management system.
- Person centric architecture.
- Better privacy settings.
Citation:-
Seong, S. & Seo, S. & Nasielski, M. & Sengupta, D. & Hangal, S. & Teh, S. & Chu, R., “PrPl: A Decentralized Social Networking Infrastructure”, MCS 10 Proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Mobile Cloud Computing & Services: Social Networks and Beyond ACM New York, NY, USA 2010