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<?xml version='1.0'?>
<article>
<articleinfo>
<title>What are Distributed Social Networks?</title>
<author><firstname>J.</firstname><othername>David</othername>
<surname>Eisenberg</surname></author>
<pubdate>3 October 2010</pubdate>
</articleinfo>
<sect1>
<title>About this Script</title>
<sect2>
<title>Intended Audience</title>
<para>
The people reading the comic are non-technical
Facebook/Twitter/MySpace users who have heard about
distributed social networks like
Diaspora and want to know what makes them different
from the sites they are using now.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Script Notation</title>
<para>
Panel numbers are in the form
<emphasis>page</emphasis>.<emphasis>panel</emphasis>, so
3.4 would be page three, panel number four.
The abbreviation “CU” stands for
“close-up,” as in a movie script.
I’ve tried to do the pagination so that pages
end with a teaser that will make the readers want to
turn to the next page. I’m no layout expert,
so the pagination is not set in stone. Fitting text
and graphics comfortably on the page may well take
precedence.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>The Characters</title>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta</emphasis> is the person who knows
all about distributed social networks. She is the explainer.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank</emphasis> is her co-worker.
Frank is the one asking all
the questions.
</para>
<para>Both of them are in the early to late 20s. They
are in their office, in business casual
clothing.
They are drawn as normal comic characters. Roberta is
<emphasis>not</emphasis> a “sex bomb,” and
Frank is not The Mighty Thor. Under no circumstances
is either character to be drawn as a nerd/geek archetype. No glasses
for either of them. These are humans, not techies.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>What are Distributed Social Networks?</title>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="3" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
<colspec colname="panel" colwidth="36pt" />
<colspec colname="desc" colwidth="216pt" />
<colspec colname="dialog" colwdith="216pt" />
<spanspec spanname="hspan" namest="panel" nameend="dialog" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Panel</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Dialogue</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<!-- insert xml from celtx here-->
<row>
<entry>
<para>1.1</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta and Frank, at their computers
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
Hey, Roberta, I keep seeing articles popping up all over about this thing.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
What thing, Frank?
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>1.2</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank, leaning in to his screen
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
Something called “distributed social networks.“ I know what social networks are...
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>1.3</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Icons for facebook, twitter, myspace
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
Those are sites like Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>1.4</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank, CU.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
But what’s the big deal about “distributed“? I have online friends from all over the place.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>1.5</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta, turning to Frank
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
The "distributed" refers to where your data lives, and the big deal is that distributed networks put <emphasis>you</emphasis> in control.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>1.6</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank, totally confused. Jaw open, "hypnosis eyes," question marks above head
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
Care to explain that in English?
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>2.1</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta and Frank, CU. Frank is thinking
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
Well, here’s how a typical social web site works. Let’s call it...
</para>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
Hmm, how about...
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>2.2</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank, index finger raised, triumphant look on face
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
FriendCenter!
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>2.3</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta, with bland look.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
Not very creative, but it’ll do.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>2.4</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Tuan (representative Vietnamese male) at a computer; words "It’s Pizza Time!" are on his screen.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
Let’s say your friend Tuan makes a post to FriendCenter.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>2.5</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Diagram showing message going to FriendCenter’s server (See Figure 1)
</para>
<figure>
<title>Tuan Posting to Central Server</title>
<graphic fileref="images/figure1.png"></graphic>
</figure>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
His post goes to FriendCenter’s server.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>2.6</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank, holding up hands in a warding gesture.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
Whoa! Don’t get all technical on me. What exactly is a server?
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>3.1</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta, pointing at her computer.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
Just a huge computer (or bunch of computers) that hold humongous amounts of data. It’s called a “server” because...
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>3.2</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank, as a waiter in a fancy restaurant, carrying a pizza
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
...when you ask the server for information, it goes into its “data kitchen” and serves up the data to you.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>3.3</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank in foreground; Tuan and message going to server in background
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
OK, got it. So Tuan makes a post and it goes to FriendCenter’s server.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>3.4</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta CU
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
Now when <emphasis>you</emphasis> sign on to FriendCenter...
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>3.5</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Diagram showing Frank signing on (Figure 2)
</para>
<figure>
<title>Frank Signing on to Central Server</title>
<graphic fileref="images/figure2.png"></graphic>
</figure>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
The server sees that Tuan is in your list of friends
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>3.6</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank looking at Tuan’s message on terminal; thought balloon has a slice of pizza. Frank is drooling.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
and serves Tuan’s message to you.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>4.1</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta, pointing at Figure 3, showing a graph of all the people and their connections.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Illusion of Network Connections</title>
<graphic fileref="images/figure3.png"></graphic>
</figure>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
The illusion is that you are directly connected to Tuan and all your other friends.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>4.2</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Figure 4 (all users connected to a central server)
</para>
<figure>
<title>Central Server Mediating Connections</title>
<graphic fileref="images/figure4.png"></graphic>
</figure>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
In reality, the central server manages all of your interactions.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>4.3</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank and Roberta
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
So, how are these distributed social networks different?
</para>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
With a distributed network, there’s no illusion.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>4.4</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Figure 5 (Tuan & Frank with their own servers)
</para>
<figure>
<title>Tuan and Frank’s Servers</title>
<graphic fileref="images/figure5.png"></graphic>
</figure>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
Both you and Tuan have your own servers.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>4.5</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Figure 6 (Tuan posts to his server)
</para>
<figure>
<title>Tuan Posts to His Server</title>
<graphic fileref="images/figure6.png"></graphic>
</figure>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
Tuan makes his post, and it goes to <emphasis>his</emphasis> server rather than a central server.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>5.1</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Figure 7 (link between Frank’s and Tuan’s machine)
</para>
<figure>
<title>Frank’s Server Connects to Tuan’s Server</title>
<graphic fileref="images/figure7.png"></graphic>
</figure>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
Your servers communicate directly with each other.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>5.2</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank looking at Tuan’s message on terminal; thought balloon has a slice of pizza. Frank is drooling.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
So that when you access your server, you see Tuan’s post.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>5.3</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank & Roberta
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
What if I’m at my cousin George’s house? How do I get to my information?
</para>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
You access your server from the web, so you can do it anywhere you have an Internet connection.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>5.4</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta, pointing to Figure 8 (entire network)
</para>
<figure>
<title>Distributed Network of Friends</title>
<graphic fileref="images/figure8.png"></graphic>
</figure>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
Your data isn’t centralized—it’s distributed among all the users and their servers.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>5.5</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank, with light bulb going on
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
Which is why they call it a <emphasis role="bold">distributed</emphasis> social network
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>6.1</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta, pointing to Figure 8 (entire network), nodding sagaciously.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
That’s right! In a distributed network, all the data would not be stored in one company’s server. There’s no single company in control.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>6.2</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank, medium CU.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
What else makes it better?
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>6.3</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta medium CU, pointing to whiteboard with words “Everyone/Friends of Friends/Friends only"
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
First, there’s privacy. A centralized social network may give you only a few levels of privacy.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>6.4</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Additional words “Immediate Family/co-workers/Bowling team” shown on whiteboard, crossed out
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
If you want to set up your own groups of friends, you’re out of luck.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>6.5</para>
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<entry>
<para>
Roberta, medium CU
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
Also, FriendCenter may choose to change its privacy policies at any time...
</para>
</entry>
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<entry>
<para>7.1</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Hand pulling back shower curtain to reveal Frank (from chest up) with shampoo in hair, shocked expression on face
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
...revealing information that you might not want others to see!
</para>
</entry>
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<row>
<entry>
<para>7.2</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank, leaning back in chair
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
Yeah, I remember back in May 2010, one of the big social networks loosened up its privacy settings.
</para>
</entry>
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<row>
<entry>
<para>7.3</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Mob of angry peasants bearing pitchforks and torches
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</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
People weren’t very happy about that.
</para>
</entry>
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<row>
<entry>
<para>7.4</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta at whiteboard; no group names crossed out.
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</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
But with a distributed network, because it’s <emphasis>your</emphasis> server, you get to set up your own groups, and your privacy policy changes only when you want it to.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>7.5</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta draws line on whiteboard between co-workers & bowling team.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
So that means the people on your bowling team don’t have to get messages about things going on at the office.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>7.6</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta and Frank in frame; Frank is slightly puzzled
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
You also keep control of your data; it stays on your server.
</para>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
Oh, I already keep copies of all my pictures on my hard disk.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>8.1</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta, medium CU
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
You’d be surprised how many people don’t. In any case, when you upload a photo to a centralized network, it goes to their server.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>8.2</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta, holding a document filled with fine print
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
And that means your data is subject to their terms of service. Take a look at this:
</para>
</entry>
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<row>
<entry>
<para>8.3</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Closeup of document text (this is from Facebook’s terms of service)
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Caption:</emphasis>
You grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with FriendCenter.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>8.4</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Frank, with jaw agape
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
Wow. I never knew that. Gives whole new meaning to “What’s mine is yours.”
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>8.5</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
Roberta, medium CU
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Roberta:</emphasis>
With distributed social networks, “what’s yours is yours.”
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>9.1</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
[These next panels may be “too much information.”; I have put them on a page by themselves.] Frank, looking slightly panicked.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Frank:</emphasis>
Wait a moment. This article says that most of these distributed networks are “open source.” Does that mean that all my data is open to the public?
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<para>9.2</para>
</entry>
<entry>