How To - Convert an App to Work With Socknet Profiles
From The Socknet
If you have an app that is currently integrated with the platform of some proprietary social system, you can convert it to work with the Socknet.
- Make the app available on your public website
- Use a Socknet library in place of the proprietary system's library
Of course, in practice there are many details, but these are the two major points.
Make the app available on your public website
You may want to make the app completely public, or you may want to restrict it to just OpenID users or just Socknet users. If you do want to enforce these restrictions you'll need to investigate OpenID and Socknet libraries in your language. Of course, you'll already be investigating Socknet libraries for the next step.
Use a Socknet library in place of the proprietary system's library
The Socknet provides the major features of all other social network systems' libraries. Your only task is to determine the differences.
Considerations
There are some differences between the Socknet and other social networks that cannot be supported by an API. For example, the nature of a decentralized system prohibits a search API that gives exhaustive information from across the entire system. This does not preclude spidering of the system or the creation of a search engine akin to web search engines. In this way and others, the Socknet is a new type of system with a few new challenges.
Most applications currently living in other social network systems can find new life and opportunity in the Socknet.
