I am going to work on a new implementation of a facebook style website. Built on these core values: 1) User privacy 2) Data transferability 3) Open source softw

I am going to work on a new implementation of a facebook style website. Built on these core values: 1) User privacy 2) Data transferability 3) Open source software 4) Open API (for only that data that users allow, of course.) I plan to do it in a Python web framework, most likely Django. I know people have been discussing a distributed social network, but I don't see a market for that among the non-techies of the world. Just like they see XMPP as gMail chat (most of them), open standards mean nothing. Just look at openID, it simply can't gain much traction -- unless a flag carrier picks it up. Distributed social networking will simply splinter the arena till it's impossible for them to know "which one?" For a new social network, the users want: 1) Simplicity. 2) Privacy. 3) Interaction. 4) Rich but intuitive interfaces. I am making a call for any interested devs, shoot me an email. lukeseelenbinder <at> the only webmail provider to use. :) (If I should post this as a new post. Let me know. I'm a little new to HN)