> Right now, facebook is more akin to a phone company that only lets folks speak with others in the same network. If they would allow "friends" outside the netw

> Right now, facebook is more akin to a phone company that only lets folks speak with others in the same network. If they would allow "friends" outside the network, allow public posts to be viewed by anyone, messenger coordinates with other messenger services, there would be more chance for folks to actually switch. In addition, more folks would switch to other services if there were an easy way for people to port some things to a new service: Profile information, pictures, and so on. I wonder if there is already legislation for this situation.