Title :
HorNet: Microblogging for a Contributory Social Network
Author :
Lázaro, Daniel ; Marquès, Joan Manuel ; Cabrera, Guillem ; Rifà-Pous, Helena ; Montané, Albert
Abstract :
Online social networks play an important role in everyday life for many people. However, only a few specialized companies offer services and resources that support social networks. This could expose users to undesired publicity and make them vulnerable to information control and censorship. HorNet is a decentralized alternative implementation of a microblogging social network that depends solely on user-provided computational resources. With the service load distributed across all users, each one must contribute only a small amount of resources, and the social network can remain free and under members´ control.
Keywords :
social networking (online); HorNet; contributory social network; microblogging social network; online social networks; Middleware; Social network services; Technological innovation; Twitter; User interfaces; Web and internet services; distributed systems; emerging technologies; microblogging; middleware/business logic; social networking;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2012.41
