Shutting down FB account might be a solution to privacy issues, which can be easily solved by starting to use FB from something like TweetDeck. That's not big o

Shutting down FB account might be a solution to privacy issues, which can be easily solved by starting to use FB from something like TweetDeck. That's not big of a deal. But, the mere fact that people are feeling "friction" from shutting accounts leads to a more profound problem here - portability of personal data on the cloud. For a 'social' web to happen in reality and for 'everything to move on cloud' to happen anywhere out of Web 2.0 conferences, this feature is required. You can't shift 'everything on cloud' when 'everything' is tied to one privately held entity. This goes for every 'social' services provider out there. If I can change my cellphone provider, why not my social network provider?