HELIOS a Decentralized Online Social Network Framework

Kevin Koidl; Ville Ollikainen; Jarkko Kuusijärvi

doi:10.1109/ISTAS61960.2024.10732337

HELIOS a Decentralized Online Social Network Framework

Kevin Koidl^*
, Ville Ollikainen
, Jarkko Kuusijärvi

^*Corresponding author for this work

Trinity College Dublin

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Abstract

Social Networking platforms are typically designed around a centralized server architecture. Reasons for this are amongst others, data and platform ownership, reliability, and security. The main drawback is the lack of autonomy for both the user and the online communities the user is involved in. In recent years several Decentralized Online Social Network (DOSN) platforms have been introduced with the goal to facilitate more control over private data. The development and deployment of most DOSN is driven by a strong developer community. This allows for rapid development, however, can lack flexibility in how and where the social network application is used. Moreover, most DOSN are designed for a specific purpose without providing a more generally applicable framework for rapid DOSN based social application development and deployment. The HELIOS framework addresses this issue by introducing central aspects of a DOSN in a modular DOSN principles-based framework. We present the framework, the overall findings and use case examples on how to use and extend the framework.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2024 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3315-4070-8
ISBN (Print)	979-8-3315-4071-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS61960.2024.10732337
Publication status	Published - 2024
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	2024 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) - Puebla, Mexico Duration: 18 Sept 2024 → 20 Sept 2024

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Conference	2024 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Puebla
Period	18/09/24 → 20/09/24

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This research was financially supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the grant agreement No 825585 (HELIOS: A Context-aware Distributed Social Networking Framework [HELIOS]).

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Koidl, K, Ollikainen, V & Kuusijärvi, J 2024, HELIOS a Decentralized Online Social Network Framework. in 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), Puebla, Mexico, 18/09/24. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS61960.2024.10732337

HELIOS a Decentralized Online Social Network Framework. / Koidl, Kevin; Ollikainen, Ville; Kuusijärvi, Jarkko.
2024 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2024.

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