OpenMicroBlogging

OpenMicroBlogging is a deprecated communication protocol that allows different microblogging services to interoperate with each other. It lets the user of one service subscribe to statuses from a user of another service. This enables the creation of a federation of new communities,^[1] as an individual or organization of any size can host a service that supports the protocol. OpenMicroBlogging utilizes the OAuth and Yadis protocols and does not depend on any central authority.

OpenMicroBlogging has been superseded^[2] by an enhanced version of it, OStatus.^[3]

History

The original implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging protocol is the Laconica software, which changed its name to StatusNet in August 2009.^[4] Identi.ca is the first service to support OpenMicroBlogging,^[5] and other sizeable services including Leo Laporte's Twit Army were amongst those powered by the open source software.^[6]

Since March 2009, one can search users' accounts in Twit Army from within Identi.ca. You could also subscribe to accounts at Twit Army from your Identi.ca account.

A third-party implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging protocol is the OpenMicroBlogger software.

See also

• ActivityPub
• Comparison of microblogging services
• Decentralized social network
• OStatus

External links

Implementations:

• OpenMicroBlogger
• StatusNet (formerly)

Services

• List of Independent StatusNet Instances
• List of OpenMicroBlogger installations