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What would be really interesting is if the social networks start using eachother's APIs to import and track friends from rivals. You could add the myspace app
by johnrob 19y ago
What would be really interesting is if the social networks start using eachother's APIs to import and track friends from rivals. You could add the myspace app to your facebook account, and then you could track your facebook friends while using myspace (vice versa ad infinitum). After the carnage, there would be a single portable social graph. And the sites themselves would be commodities.
- Xichekolas 19y agoWell with what you describe, the graph would become the commodity, the sites themselves would remain unique and competitive, but as interfaces to the graph. Overall I think your idea sounds like a win for all. Users could have a single presence at the site of their choice, with friends from other sites, new entrants would have a lower barrier of entry, and existing sites are less likely to lose users to the network effect. Of course, the big players would probably have more competition from niche players too, so I guess that would be the downside for Myspace and Facebook.