http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/08/11/11readwriteweb-is-a-... August 11, 2009 Is a Perfect Storm Forming For Distributed Social Networking? By MARSHALL KIRKPATRICK of ReadWriteWeb Maybe it's better to host your own. That's the thinking coming from a growing number of early technology adopters as service after service goes down, sells out or otherwise frustrates the users who have published their content online only to see the tools they use become broken or less desirable. The prospect of a distributed, interoperable, self-hosted network of publishing, reading and discussion tools is nothing new - but the idea is gaining a lot more support as more people react to recent news like FriendFeed's sale to Facebook, Tr.im's up and down and Twitter's denial of service attacks. The tide may not be turning, but there's sure to be some new waves of innovation that come out of this period of frustration. [...]