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I am very wordy and can't use Twitter because of the eleven and two-thirds dozen character limit. Other social networking sites are longer, but so far as i know, it hasn't been done the other way. Therefore i propose a minimal social networking service - not site so much, since HTML is unnecessary
for this - which involves each user updating their status using a single character. They can of course follow others. The idea is to sum up everything about what's happening in a single letter or symbol. For instance, if one is angry, one could post "+", meaning one is "cross". If one is drinking tea, post "t". Context is all though. "+" on another occasion could mean one feels positive. An astronomer might post "*" when they go out to look at the night sky, but a fan of Sheena Easton might post the same for entirely different reasons.
Usernames are also single characters, meaning that friend networks have to be organised into Google Plus style "circles" of fewer than nine dozen individuals.
Internet access is possible but not necessary for the service. It can also be accessed via a tamagochi/pager/digital watch-style device which enables one, in various ways, to send and receive one's single-character update via a radio signal to local users within a few kilometres, or more widely depending on the frequency. The simplicity of the system enables the system to be used with extremely low-end hardware, probably not even requiring integrated circuits. It could also be included as a facility on the likes of pocket calculators or the devices i mentioned above.
Not the same thing as...
single-user_20social_20network
...although "single character" could mean "single user"... [hippo, Dec 28 2014]
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www.i.net seems like a appropriate web address. i.net is one of the few single letter second level domains that got grandfathered in. You just have to convince the current owner to sell it. |
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[marked-for-depletion] list |
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//[marked-for-depletion] list// |
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I was thinking about this today, and thought that it would be interesting if the character pertained to a music note. A literal twitter could be produced if everyone posted a note that reflected their mood. Then the twitters could be compiled into a musical composition. |
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It wasn't my intention to make this into a list. I
actually meant the idea, so i'd dispute that, [FT].
However, i do also wonder whether the fact that
your anno has provoked me into lapsing into my
customary verbosity may constitute a flaw in the
idea. |
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[Rcarty], someone did that, didn't they? The
trouble is there are only a couple of notes even in
extended ASCII, i think. But you could do it with
letters confined A-H. |
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It's not a list- it's a single-character social network conversation with a bunch of characters called halfbakers.
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[nineteenthly] - [FT] was responding to my [MFDP], so don't blame him. |
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I see the advantage of this as being the same level of intelligence, content, coherency, and intelligibility as most social media or blog threads - but without the flaming, foul language, and spam. |
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what you need is a four letter social network |
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Does anyone else feel twitchy about the mismatch of
brackets on here? |
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Well, it's your fault, for starting with a *right*
parenthesis. There's nothing to be done about it
now. |
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Yes, i have only myself to blame. I think i did it
because i didn't want to feel everything else y'all said
was parenthetical until someone chose to close it. |
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makes me want to count my socks. |
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Kevin Bacon, if we're starting a network |
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