The cloud represents a revolution within the revolution of the internet today. However, an oligopoly supporting the cloud may not be the best solution, given the potential for ethical issues like privacy and even the transfer of data sovereignty. Our study, which we call the "socialised architecture," proposes a new disruptive approach that has the potential to fundamentally alter the current state of the cloud. This method is similar to those used in volunteer computing in that it attempts to pool unused computing resources present in the hardware owned by institutions and regular people. However, unlike existing options, ours does not involve developing hyper-specialized muscles in client machines. The novel aspect of this solution is the software engineering approach it proposes for building "socialised services," which, by means of an asynchronous interaction model, generates a system of lightweight micro services that can be dynamically allotted and replicated across the network. While an API gateway takes care of communication, modern design patterns like command query responsibility segregation help to compartmentalize domain events and persistence requirements. A fully functional proof of concept, a prototype called circle that implements a social network, was used to evaluate all of the preceding ideas. Circle has helped bring to light issues that need fixing. We agree with the evaluation's conclusion that venturing into this area of expertise is worthwhile.
