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Does Metcalfe’s Law Contradict Data Portability?

Started by Nick O'Neill · 10 months ago

I’ve been on a bit of a data portability binge over the past few days. I wasn’t going to write anything more about it until I came across Andrew Chen’s post arguing that Metcalfe’s law is “a DIRECT reason why these networks want to get as ... Continue reading »

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  • Eric

    1 year ago

    I find it very interesting that most (if not all) of the advocates for "portability" only stand to benefit from it being a reality. People (mostly bloggers) can throw around the words "friend, data, and portability" in the same sentence together, but the fact of the matter is they really have no muscle in the argument until they build something people actually want to use. I picture the whole debacle like a dad with very small children pulling on his shorts to try to get him to do something. As implied, I very much agree with the view you expressed over the weekend about sites such as facebook being reduced to nothing more than a "well design communication platform" if it does in fact become a reality.
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  • Nick O'Neill

    1 year ago

    @Eric, aren't they still just a well designed communications platform? the only difference now is that they theoretically own our data. There's no need for them to own it. When we use their platform we grant them the right to use our data to make the service more efficient. There ability to leverage our data to make something valuable is what's important.

    As to your statement that they have no say in the argument ... we all have a right to discuss what happens with our data ...
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