# Returning to the Original Social Network

DevFeed: [Returning to the Original Social Network](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/returning-to-the-original-social-network-21471.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://begriffs.com/posts/2016-07-08-returning-original-social-network.html>)

Published: 2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Joe Nelson](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/joe-nelson.md>)

Topics: [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [Networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networks.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>)

Tags: [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [dns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dns.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [registry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/registry.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [tcp-ip](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tcp-ip.md>)

## AI overview

This article argues for a return to a more distributed model of online communication centered on personal domain names, DNS, and email rather than centralized social networks. It explains domain leasing, registry operators, accredited registrars, and the process of finding and registering an available domain.

## Source excerpt

2016-07-08 Something has been lost. Before algorithmic timelines, message length restrictions and mass surveillance there was a more robust world. It's a distributed world that still lives behind the centralized allure of social networks. It's a world where every person owns a small part of the internet, where they control their medium and communicate freely. I'm referring to the domain name system and email. You may think that you take full advantage of them, but I suspect you don't.