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It's Time for Social Networks to Open Up

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the heard-that-before dept.

edmicman notes that "Wired has an article, "Slap in the Facebook: It's Time for Social Networks to Open Up", that calls for the greater programming community to create a truly "open" social network. Specifically, the problems with today's networks, says the author, is that their content is not available to everyone."

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  1. As you can see by UncleWilly · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will be out to dinner tonight at 8pm, so that will be a good time to rob my house.

  2. BUT WAIT by thedrunkensailor · · Score: 5, Funny

    If we open up social networking and make it a community effort, who gets to sell it for millions?!?!?!

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    i support the right to offend.
  3. Re:I don't want EVERYONE to see my data!! by autophile · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. Even in the most ideal of open societies, I would still want to be allowed to form circles around certain topics. When I log into my arts community, I want to know that I'm surrounded by fellow artists who understand what I'm getting at when I speak of a particular effect that some software was never intended to do. I do emphatically NOT want a bunch of retarded computer geeks tell me that I merely have to reformat my hard drive, install a completely different OS and use this particular specialized software in order to generate that effect.

    Easy enough. When accessing a fully open society, you want to restrict circles around certain topics. In that case, just reformat your hard drive, install a completely different OS, and use this particular specialized software in order to generate that effect. :D

    But seriously, I agree with PP 100%. The whole point of clubs, circles, groups, what have you, is to restrict. If you're going to throw out restrictions, you throw out what makes the Internet so great: the opportunity to connect to like-minded individuals.

    The whole thrust of the article appears to be to throw away all restrictions, and let everyone know you, on the off chance that you might want to know them. Doesn't make any sense to me.

    --Rob

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    Towards the Singularity.
  4. Re:I don't want EVERYONE to see my data!! by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 3, Funny

    AFAIAC

    As Far As I ... Anchor ... Chilis?

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    Comment of the year
  5. Re:6 Billion users.... by drix · · Score: 3, Funny

    They didn't, until about a month ago, when the iPhone came out. Cancer and parking downtown were also solved. Hope you had a nice vacation.

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    I think there is a world market for maybe five personal web logs.
  6. Re:knock yourself out by GregNorc · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would argue that Facebook users not being able to add MySpace users is not a bug, but a feature.