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All data should be exportable in a single file in a documented format with no encryption, no patents, no copyright or trademark claims attached to it. I think
by Iv 7y ago
All data should be exportable in a single file in a documented format with no encryption, no patents, no copyright or trademark claims attached to it.
I think this would solve all problems. An open standard would quickly appear and every platform would support it.
- zubspace 7y agoExporting data is alot simpler than importing data. I therefore doubt that all platform providers will sit together and debate, how to structure your content. In some way this could even be impossible. Let's say platform A uses id's for references, platform B uses hashes. platform C uses GUIDs. This doesn't stop here. Think about image codecs or internal links. This makes writing importers a huge pain. Only large companies will be able to maintain different kinds of data, which will push new user to them, because they provide most integrations.
- Iv 7y agoYet, there is a lot of incentives to allow importing into your social net. Right now, if only facebook was authorizing scrapping instead of actively fighting it, even in the absence of a clear documented API, people would be writing bridges to import your contacts just by making http requests.