The Locker Project (http://lockerproject.org/ http://lockerproject.org/) had a really promising approach to this - by centralising all of a users information fr

The Locker Project (http://lockerproject.org/ http://lockerproject.org/) had a really promising approach to this - by centralising all of a users information from different services and offering a uniform api they effectively had a solution to the bootstrapping problem that plagues other social networks. Unfortunately it looks like Singly have pivoted away from that vision. I guess there's not enough demand for it to make any money.