DISQUS

The Equity Kicker: On open social data and (ab)using standards for personal gain

  • alan p · 1 year ago
    Google's walled garden is just bigger than everyone else's :)

    Re OpenWave - well, we all know what happened to WAP - so long as there is an open alternative out there, it will win eventually. Which is why I really would like to see an Open Source Soc Net play.

    Actually, it may be in the interests of the big infrastructure providers to this drive this.
  • Dan Lester · 1 year ago
    I don't really see any huge "competitive advantage" for sites such as Facebook from "being seen to be open".

    The main fear for Facebook comes from remaining closed and self-contained while a competitor such as Myspace becomes a sort of open ID for the web.

    Most likely, Facebook will be in a much stronger position if they are able to establish that cross-web position for themselves, but that's still a risk for them to take. Leaving that risk for Myspace to take is an even bigger risk, however...
  • nic · 1 year ago
    Dan - Facebook et al might want to be seen to be open to make themselves more attractive to developers. In a very real sense the socnets are now competing with each other for developers as much as they are for users.