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| date = November 16, 2022 | | date = November 16, 2022 | ||
| title = Feature Comparison | | title = Feature Comparison | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a MULTIHOMED MESH NODE. Read HTML comments to expand. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | This | + | This is comparing different remote communication services, including the relatively well-known {{w|Twitter}}, {{w|Discord}}, {{w|Mastodon (software)|Mastodon}}, {{w|Facebook}} (FB), {{w|Slack (software)|Slack}}, {{w|Signal (software)|Signal}}, {{w|Internet Relay Chat}} (IRC), {{w|Tumblr}}, {{w|Reddit}}, and {{w|SMS}} (mobile telephone text messages). It also includes the less well-known "{{w|Cybiko}}® wireless handheld computer for teens (2000)". |
− | + | Against each of these, it attempts to indicate the various features available to them. | |
− | + | ===Services=== | |
+ | <!-- to be populated | ||
+ | ;Twitter | ||
− | + | ;Discord | |
− | + | ;Mastodon | |
− | + | ;Facebook (FB) | |
− | + | ;Slack | |
− | The | + | ;Signal |
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+ | ;Internet Relay Chat (IRC) | ||
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+ | ;Tumblr | ||
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+ | ;Reddit | ||
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+ | ;Short Messaging Service (SMS) | ||
+ | -- yet to be populated --> | ||
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+ | ;Cybiko® wireless handheld computer for teens | ||
+ | :This was a handheld computer designed for teens and released in 2000, which featured its own two-way radio text messaging capabilities along with built-in games and a music player. Additional information about it is available at [http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Cybiko the Dead Media Archive], as the device has not been manufactured since 2003. | ||
+ | :The chart suggests that the Cybiko has an advantage over all of the other listed communication services, as it is capable of all eight of the table's listed features listed, with none of the others being close. | ||
+ | :Purchasing a Cybiko or finding friends who own one can be its own challenge, as device was discontinued nearly 20 years ago. Additionally, the Cybiko is a ''device'' rather than a ''service''; a more fair comparison would be to a modern {{w|smartphone}}, which can provide get most of these features via multiple apps, including those apps written especially for such rival services. | ||
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+ | ===Features=== | ||
+ | <!-- Also need to explain features: Direct messages, Group chats, File transfer, Built-in games, User-run instances, Doesn't require central server, *DONE*Mesh networking*DONE*, Wireless message delivery (without internet) --> | ||
+ | ;{{w|Mesh networking}} | ||
+ | :A form of connectivity that reduces or removes the need for a centralized server or predefined gateways to a communications 'backbone'. Nodes communicate directly with any nodes that happen to be contactable, and from there may connect through to whatever nodes are in mutual contact, or to be found further afield, either in real-time or asynchronously. | ||
+ | :The Cybiko has this ability, as well as wireless message delivery because it communicates directly to other devices via radio, hence the ability to operate without any internet connectivity at all. There are several {{w|Comparison of software and protocols for distributed social networking|ongoing projects for distributed social networking}}. | ||
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+ | <!-- The following can be shuffled into :*bulletpoints against the Services header, once populated, I hope... --> | ||
+ | This comic contains several errors. Mastodon doesn't require a central server, or support file transfer. Discord does not provide for user-run instances itself. (There are two third party Discord server implementations, but it is unclear whether those could be counted as user-run instances of Discord.) Slack does not provide for user-run instances itself. Reddit does not provide for user-run instances at all, only user moderation and administration. IRC does require at least one central server,[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1459.html] and relegate file transfer support to the domain of client extensions. Signal is heavily used in user-run instances via a diverse ecosystem of code forks; many of these don't require a central server, a couple use mesh networking. Reddit occasionally does have built-in games. Finally, Tumblr does have a form of group chats. | ||
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+ | An earlier version of the comic suggesting that Mastodon has no user-run instances was corrected by [[Randall]] shortly after publication of the original. | ||
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+ | <!-- Probably two individual tables, or ;headered itemised lists, but not a single table as per comic (and as per Transcript) as fitting description text in place of ticks (or lack of them?) would look *awful*... --> | ||
+ | <!-- ...these comments as placeholder, or checklist for each item needing commenting, depending on how the next active editor directs things... --> | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
:[A table with checkmarks to indicate which features various messaging services have. Each column is labeled with a service name and its logo beneath, except that for the last column, the device's longer name is written higher than all the other services' names, with an arrow pointing to a drawing of the device below it.] | :[A table with checkmarks to indicate which features various messaging services have. Each column is labeled with a service name and its logo beneath, except that for the last column, the device's longer name is written higher than all the other services' names, with an arrow pointing to a drawing of the device below it.] | ||
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! File transfer | ! File transfer | ||
− | | || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || | + | | || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || ✓ || || ✓ |
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! Built-in games | ! Built-in games | ||
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! Doesn't require central server | ! Doesn't require central server | ||
− | | || || | + | | || || || || || || ✓ || || || || ✓ |
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! Mesh networking | ! Mesh networking |