Comments on: The Next Social Network: WordPress - GigaOM http://blog.thecapacity.org/2007/12/13/the-next-social-network-wordpress-gigaom/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:38:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding By: jay http://blog.thecapacity.org/2007/12/13/the-next-social-network-wordpress-gigaom/#comment-108 jay Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:59:09 +0000 http://blog.thecapacity.org/?p=30#comment-108 Kyle, just saw this link today, I'm not sure if it'll "take off" (my guess is that it will prove too complicated and that the OpenID2.0 will supercede any value it may have) but it speaks to both our desires. http://www.cs.queensu.ca/~thurston/friendsinfeed/ What is Friends In Feed? Friends In Feed is an experiment in secure distributed social networking. The goal is to allow you to host your identity in a place of your choosing and maintain control over your personal information, yet at the same time interact with your friends and family in a secure manner. Kyle, just saw this link today, I’m not sure if it’ll “take off” (my guess is that it will prove too complicated and that the OpenID2.0 will supercede any value it may have) but it speaks to both our desires.

http://www.cs.queensu.ca/~thurston/friendsinfeed/

What is Friends In Feed?

Friends In Feed is an experiment in secure distributed social networking. The goal is to allow you to host your identity in a place of your choosing and maintain control over your personal information, yet at the same time interact with your friends and family in a secure manner.

]]> By: Kyle http://blog.thecapacity.org/2007/12/13/the-next-social-network-wordpress-gigaom/#comment-102 Kyle Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:12:30 +0000 http://blog.thecapacity.org/?p=30#comment-102 CodingHorror just posted something about <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001019.html" rel="nofollow">managing fractured online identities</a>, and interestingly enough I've been involved in conversations about managing slices of identity as well. It seems like the momentum needed to address these issues is building, and perhaps Google's recent release of <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/" rel="nofollow">OpenSocial</a> will provide the necessary tools and APIs to do it. CodingHorror just posted something about managing fractured online identities, and interestingly enough I’ve been involved in conversations about managing slices of identity as well.

It seems like the momentum needed to address these issues is building, and perhaps Google’s recent release of OpenSocial will provide the necessary tools and APIs to do it.

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