Respect Network

 Respect Network  appears to be a closed vaporware monoculture for-pay cloud service launched with a high-gloss marketingy website at www.respectnetwork.com.

Uses complex standards
Per: https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/464502782276292608 "Respect uses XDI as a transmission protocol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XDI The #indieweb approach, as a comparison: http://indiewebify.me/ #iiw"


 * I looked at this standard for 10 minutes and was bewildered. It was hard to find an implementation or how to actually use it, when I finally did, the markup was hideous to look at User:BrennanNovak.com

Closed
per https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/464503235739279360: The Respect Network is closed and has tiered membership fees. Would prefer web-style free & open protocols. #iiw #indieweb Strong emphasis added.

Membership Fees
per https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/464503235739279360: The Respect Network is closed and has tiered membership fees. Would prefer web-style free & open protocols. #iiw #indieweb Strong emphasis added. And per https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/464506844627484674: "Personal clouds, business clouds, nfp clouds. All good. Why do we need to pay to join the network? I don't on the web. #iiw #indieweb"

Tweets
2014-05-08 related tweets from a session about Respect Network at IIW:
 * https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/464502059014696960
 * https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/464502782276292608
 * https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/464503235739279360
 * https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/464506844627484674
 * https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/464507892901482496