Tony D’Addeo on Warpcast

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During the discussion about the Ordering FIP, we practically identified three different network state models, and I think we should be aware of them. Each one has its pros and cons, and makes some use cases simpler and some harder. - Global-state oriented (current model, most probably future model too) - User-state oriented - App-state oriented Depending on how current and future apps want to use the network, each model offers advantages and disadvantages. For example, for a twitter-like app, think Warpcast and Supercast, the global-state oriented model is the best fit. If you're interested in knowing what only specific users do and not the whole network, a user-state model would be a better fit. And if you mostly care about what users do within a special-purpose app (@kmacb.eth's d33m.com comes to mind, or maybe a channel-specific app like @purple has been discussing for some time) then an app-specific model seems better.

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hunch: all three models will eventually come into play I think the insight that some global state is necessary to make an at-scale broadcast based social network possible is likely right and it makes sense to start there But it seems likely the future will hold something like global identity and social graphs mixed with app specific content and social graphs mixed with user oriented protocols for things like direct casts or fmail

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