> A centralized "owner" of the social graph is bad for the Internet.
versus
> Establish a non-profit and open source software (with copyrights held by the non-profit) which collects, merges, and redistributes the graphs from all other social network sites into one global aggregated graph.
Yes, the author claims this is only at the beginning a centralized institution,
> While the non-profit's servers and databases will initially be centralized, ensure that the design is such that others can run their own instances, sharing data with each other.
but in reality everybody who works with decentralized software like XMPP, Mastodon, GNU Social, Diaspora and various "darknet" nodes knows how difficult it is to get users to use the software/join the node.
In fact, I don't think a company like Facebook (10 years after this article was published) will ever implement an external social graph that allows users to pull data from their platform. Users should be more sensitive to the features the products they use support. A platform that implements a protocol like OStatus is a far superior product to invest in as a closed monopole.
> A centralized "owner" of the social graph is bad for the Internet.
versus
> Establish a non-profit and open source software (with copyrights held by the non-profit) which collects, merges, and redistributes the graphs from all other social network sites into one global aggregated graph.
Yes, the author claims this is only at the beginning a centralized institution,
> While the non-profit's servers and databases will initially be centralized, ensure that the design is such that others can run their own instances, sharing data with each other.
but in reality everybody who works with decentralized software like XMPP, Mastodon, GNU Social, Diaspora and various "darknet" nodes knows how difficult it is to get users to use the software/join the node.
In fact, I don't think a company like Facebook (10 years after this article was published) will ever implement an external social graph that allows users to pull data from their platform. Users should be more sensitive to the features the products they use support. A platform that implements a protocol like OStatus is a far superior product to invest in as a closed monopole.