radar.oreilly.com — Users and developers alike are going crazy. There's too many social networks out there to keep track of. Developers want to make more, and users want to join more, but it's all too much work to re-enter your friends and data. We need to lower the amount of pain for both users and developers and let a thousand new social applications bloom.
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alexforcefiveAug 18, 2007
"All I can say is: finally!"Yeah that was a really worthwhile blog post and digg submission. Thanks.
tempusrobAug 18, 2007
"We need to lower the amount of pain for both users and developers and let a thousand new social applications bloom."No, what we need is for social networks to implement standards-based solutions for distributing/sharing identity data (i.e. hCard or vCard, perhaps). Spoomeister (a few comments up from me) has it right. I think the coolest thing in the world would be to be able to say to someone "Yeah, my URI is <a class="user" href="http://www.whatever.com/me">http://www.whatever.com/me</a>" ... then they can plug that URI into their PIM (Outlook or whatever) and have it populate the data automagically. Much like email or phone providers don't matter, neither should a social network provider.
lightspeed2Aug 18, 2007
dugg down becase you dont understand how the social networks work, the networks are businesses, they arent here to connect everyone and make everyone happy, all of them (especially myspace) are made to stuff ads down your throat and profit off of you.
robotninjacatAug 19, 2007
Worst. Username. Ever.
18digDec 3, 2007
Very educative and inspiring. I work with clients (and interactive agencies) who do not always understand social networks and certainly are at a loss as to whether and how they ought to leverage them. As important as the concept of social network (and the Graph) might be and become, implementation seem to be quite cumbersome. The improvements will come from both techies and users but certainly outside of any top-down model or centralized entity. This crucial point was very well made in this article. Thank you !