DISQUS

kady · 1 year ago

Great write up. I watched the video from dataportability.org, got the concept but don't completely understand how it works. Interesting that when I googled data portability, dataportability.org is the first one on teh list. You're right in that we will start to see more start-ups focusing on data portability.

MJM · 1 year ago

neil. won't the basis of value change over time as "social networks" change?

won't data portability enable growth opportunities (by lessening user friction) for new communities focused on specific interests, while creating pressure to maintain scale for large sites such as FB? creation. destruction. creation.

this debate reminds me of the first social network - AOL. as AOL gained traction there was a significant conversation around prospects for their "walled garden" versus the world wide web. we know who won that argument.

at the time, the issue of data portability came to the fore front with the IM. would AOl allow other IM's (Yahoo for example or MSN Messenger) to interconnect? eventually consumers required it and AOL yielded....

if the large social networks don;t give users what they want, someone else will........