Comments on: Social Network Portability politics http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:16:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Realty http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics#comment-242258 Realty Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:50:25 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics#comment-242258 You are write, Watching an average Netscape/Digg clone user attempt to participate on Digg will be like AOL users on Usenet. Guaranteed culture clash, at the drop of a hat. You are write, Watching an average Netscape/Digg clone user attempt to participate on Digg will be like AOL users on Usenet. Guaranteed culture clash, at the drop of a hat.

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Great day in NYC - links http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics#comment-242201 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Great day in NYC - links Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:15:00 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics#comment-242201 [...] O’Reilly left a long, thoughtful comment on my blog saying that I shouldn’t promulgate memes that secrecy is....  “Hmmmm I thought - now why would he stop from his busy schedule to populate my tiny little [...] [...] O’Reilly left a long, thoughtful comment on my blog saying that I shouldn’t promulgate memes that secrecy is….  “Hmmmm I thought - now why would he stop from his busy schedule to populate my tiny little [...]

]]> By: Tim O'Reilly http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics#comment-242179 Tim O'Reilly Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:35:39 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics#comment-242179 Marc -- I'm wondering who's being more open here? Hackers shouldn't need permission to innovate. So is it more open to hear about something cool and ask for more information, or to say that no one should be able to do anything without consulting with you and your friends? Sorry, but the internet doesn't work that way. I heard Brad and David were working on something cool, and asked for a meeting to learn about it. You could have done the same. (I believe you've heard about their work too.) And if they wanted to keep it particularly secret, Philz was not the place for the meeting. Nor would they have invited Chris Messina to join the conversation when he walked by. Brad and David's work is not done yet, so they aren't broadcasting it. A lot of people reserve that privilege. But that doesn't mean it's deeply secret. This meme that no one should keep anything private, or that if they do there's some kind of conspiracy, is one of the silliest ideas out there, and all it does is reflect poorly on those who keep trying to promulgate it. Marc –

I’m wondering who’s being more open here? Hackers shouldn’t need permission to innovate.

So is it more open to hear about something cool and ask for more information, or to say that no one should be able to do anything without consulting with you and your friends? Sorry, but the internet doesn’t work that way.

I heard Brad and David were working on something cool, and asked for a meeting to learn about it. You could have done the same. (I believe you’ve heard about their work too.) And if they wanted to keep it particularly secret, Philz was not the place for the meeting. Nor would they have invited Chris Messina to join the conversation when he walked by.

Brad and David’s work is not done yet, so they aren’t broadcasting it. A lot of people reserve that privilege. But that doesn’t mean it’s deeply secret.

This meme that no one should keep anything private, or that if they do there’s some kind of conspiracy, is one of the silliest ideas out there, and all it does is reflect poorly on those who keep trying to promulgate it.

]]> By: Robert http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics#comment-242160 Robert Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:21:29 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics#comment-242160 Hi Marc, thanks for the ping! I've tried to book the meeting for the 28th, but PICNIC's schedule didn't allow it unfortunately. I'll keep you updated on the exact how, where and when. Hi Marc, thanks for the ping! I’ve tried to book the meeting for the 28th, but PICNIC’s schedule didn’t allow it unfortunately. I’ll keep you updated on the exact how, where and when.

]]> By: schvitzatura http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics#comment-242159 schvitzatura Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:48:37 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2007/08/social-network-portability-politics#comment-242159 The true Web 2.0 Revolution was the rebuilding of the "walled garden" (softer, and with pretty little syndication bricks)...the technology exists but the business owners are still wanting to maintain "their own in their own". Single-sign-on duchys and realms will still be the balkanized order of the day. Watching an average Netscape/Digg clone user attempt to participate on Digg will be like AOL users on Usenet. Guaranteed culture clash, at the drop of a hat. All this is is globalization, at the Web 1.9-2.2 mesoscale; the tribes will balk at any ham-handed introduction of interconnect. The true Web 2.0 Revolution was the rebuilding of the “walled garden” (softer, and with pretty little syndication bricks)…the technology exists but the business owners are still wanting to maintain “their own in their own”. Single-sign-on duchys and realms will still be the balkanized order of the day.

Watching an average Netscape/Digg clone user attempt to participate on Digg will be like AOL users on Usenet. Guaranteed culture clash, at the drop of a hat.

All this is is globalization, at the Web 1.9-2.2 mesoscale; the tribes will balk at any ham-handed introduction of interconnect.

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