Comments on: Facebook’s Non-Portable Data Portability

By: Living Real-Time: Read It Now; Search, Don’t Bookmark by @ScepticGeek

Living Real-Time: Read It Now; Search, Don’t Bookmark by @ScepticGeek — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:35:12 +0000

[...] service or social network to preserve it. Online web services may or may not remain in business, may or may not allow you to port data. Why take the [...]

By: Is Windows Live Delivering What Google Buzz Promised? by @ScepticGeek

Is Windows Live Delivering What Google Buzz Promised? by @ScepticGeek — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:05:54 +0000

[...] unlike Facebook, has unequivocally made it clear that you own your data. …if you would like to access your [...]

By: Mahendra

Mahendra — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:03:27 +0000

Mark, such a shift will need a strong backlash against a monopoly owning the social graph. The most significant challenge I see is the lack of an alternative. We will have to wait and see if Google succeeds in taking up the social challenge in the coming years. Without serious competition, Facebook is unlikely to change. How I hope what you say becomes true!

Once again, thanks very much for sharing your thoughts!

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Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:36:01 +0000

[...] scenario can look gloomy for the open web, with the social graph of users in the hands of Facebook, and real-time pulse in the hands of Twitter. Share [...]

By: Mark Essel

Mark Essel — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:00:27 +0000

Strong post Mahendra, and I heartily agree. Open data, means to be free to choose where and when to move our information. I suspect we'll see a shift in social graph ownership, and information rights in the coming decade.

Many businesses which prosper from the data it mines from it's users will be expected to give back to the communities which support them.