Comments on: Social Network Sites Are The Emperor’s New Clothes http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/05/social-network-sites-are-the-emperors-new-clothes/ The Social Times covers news, analysis and insight pertaining to the social web. Learn how to brand yourself and your company via the social web. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:49:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: MJM http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/05/social-network-sites-are-the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-2716 MJM Tue, 20 May 2008 09:12:34 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=474#comment-2716 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........ 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……..

]]> By: MJM http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/05/social-network-sites-are-the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-4927 MJM Tue, 20 May 2008 09:12:34 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=474#comment-4927 neil. won't the basis of value change over time as "social networks" change? <br><br>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. <br><br>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.<br><br>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....<br><br>if the large social networks don;t give users what they want, someone else will........ 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……..

]]> By: kady http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/05/social-network-sites-are-the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-2695 kady Mon, 19 May 2008 15:06:52 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=474#comment-2695 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. 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.

]]> By: kady http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/05/social-network-sites-are-the-emperors-new-clothes/#comment-4926 kady Mon, 19 May 2008 15:06:52 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/?p=474#comment-4926 Great write up. I watched the video from <a href="http://dataportability.org">dataportability.org</a>, got the concept but don't completely understand how it works. Interesting that when I googled data portability, <a href="http://dataportability.org">dataportability.org</a> is the first one on teh list. You're right in that we will start to see more start-ups focusing on data portability. 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.

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