Comments on: Facebook Cleanup Possible and a Smart 'Open Web' Move http://howardlindzon.com/facebook-cleanup-possible/ Just another WordPress site Mon, 21 May 2012 10:16:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: haileris http://howardlindzon.com/facebook-cleanup-possible/#comment-10480 haileris Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:14:28 +0000 http://howardlindzon.com/?p=3218#comment-10480 Social networks going to be open whether facebook likes it or not, and whether they participate or not. There's already multiple efforts under way, whether it be <a href="http://dataportability.org/" rel="nofollow">top down</a> or <a href="http://diso-project.org/" rel="nofollow">bottom up</a>. Facebook may be $15 Billion, but they're squandering the valuation. Social networks and identity are more about pokes -- it's about building a <a href="http://kveton.com/blog/2008/01/03/urls-are-people-too-and-service-end-points/" rel="nofollow">unique namespace</a> on the internet with services behind it. I want to be able to type in a friend's URL on my phone's calendar and be able to request an appointment on my friend's calendar app (and his/her calendar app checks if we are "friends"/contacts first). Facebook can't do it because the only successful APIs on the internet are open ones. Social networks going to be open whether facebook likes it or not, and whether they participate or not. There’s already multiple efforts under way, whether it be top down or bottom up.

Facebook may be $15 Billion, but they’re squandering the valuation. Social networks and identity are more about pokes — it’s about building a unique namespace on the internet with services behind it. I want to be able to type in a friend’s URL on my phone’s calendar and be able to request an appointment on my friend’s calendar app (and his/her calendar app checks if we are “friends”/contacts first). Facebook can’t do it because the only successful APIs on the internet are open ones.

]]> By: McLarty http://howardlindzon.com/facebook-cleanup-possible/#comment-10479 McLarty Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:43:26 +0000 http://howardlindzon.com/?p=3218#comment-10479 I hypothesized the other day that all user interfaces start simple, and die complicated. Does the same apply to trends? You would know better than I. I hypothesized the other day that all user interfaces start simple, and die complicated. Does the same apply to trends? You would know better than I.

]]> By: Jarowh http://howardlindzon.com/facebook-cleanup-possible/#comment-10478 Jarowh Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:04:04 +0000 http://howardlindzon.com/?p=3218#comment-10478 http://www.lonerbook.com/ http://www.lonerbook.com/

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