Re: What we need in a next-gen social network

Thanks Melvin.
I just posted this last night on the 2600 group on facebook.
Anyone on this list should really go there and join it. Tell
them I sent you. It's a non-stop talk about nsa, social, hacking, etc.
some very smart cookies and some freaks.

On 11/25/13, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2013/11/24/facebook-grandparents-need-next-gen-social-network/
>
> Quite an interesting post.
>
> Addressing a few of the ideas.  "Self determined data storage" -- this
> seems to be a place things are not done well.  Most social nets claim that
> you 'own your own data' but in reality you must store it in the place (or
> one of the places) that they demand.  A truly federated social web would
> let users store data where *they* choose.  To date we have almost not a
> single solution to this.
>
> Income and commerce.  I think this could be a killer feature.  New
> technologies such as bitcoin and the w3c payments group could allow a whole
> new set of incentives, to be aligned with value and content creation.
> Leading to much more equitable eco systems.
>
> Tool set for hackers.  Actually I think the current platforms are not bad,
> but so much more can be done.  We have a few APIs but each API is different
> and APIs tend to restrict what you can do.  What would be good is open
> ended tools for hackers so that sophisticated algorithms and apps can be
> built that flow out of the transnational sandboxes -- perhaps even apps
> talking to apps.
>
> I'm believe that next generation Linked Data networks can federate together
> to solve these challenges.  If we can get enough people starting to work on
> such solutions maybe there is still a chance to challenge many of the web
> 2.0 walled gardens ...
>

Received on Monday, 25 November 2013 11:27:56 UTC