Comments on: I Got ID http://theappslab.com/2008/12/04/i-got-id/ Driving Innovation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:43:00 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2008/12/04/i-got-id/comment-page-1/#comment-5595 Jake Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:48:54 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1952#comment-5595 You're talking about data portability, which is another major component of the open web. Google has been pretty supportive of the open web so far with OpenSocial, Friend Connect, OpenID support. As you say, FB is not and won't be.<br><br>The problem is that FB has critical mass, and the average user doesn't care about open vs. closed web, walled gardens, any of that crap. Look at AOL and Microsoft for examples.<br><br>There's room for both, but for how long? You're talking about data portability, which is another major component of the open web. Google has been pretty supportive of the open web so far with OpenSocial, Friend Connect, OpenID support. As you say, FB is not and won't be.

The problem is that FB has critical mass, and the average user doesn't care about open vs. closed web, walled gardens, any of that crap. Look at AOL and Microsoft for examples.

There's room for both, but for how long?

]]> By: billy http://theappslab.com/2008/12/04/i-got-id/comment-page-1/#comment-5594 billy Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:42:30 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1952#comment-5594 the advantage I see to the OpenID play over the FB play is with the profile portability. I want to own my network (and it's sub sets - work friends, old HighSchool and College Friends, Family etc) and bring that anywhere I go rather than rebuilding it each time I find something interesting. FB doesn't want me to do that and that's one way the keep me in their walled garden. the advantage I see to the OpenID play over the FB play is with the profile portability. I want to own my network (and it's sub sets – work friends, old HighSchool and College Friends, Family etc) and bring that anywhere I go rather than rebuilding it each time I find something interesting. FB doesn't want me to do that and that's one way the keep me in their walled garden.

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2008/12/04/i-got-id/comment-page-1/#comment-5583 Jake Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:03:25 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1952#comment-5583 So, dude will you be sharing your comments and activity from sites where you use FB Connect with your FB News Feed, e.g. if you comment on TechCrunch or CitySearch, will you choose to cross-post it to FB?<br><br>Just wondering, since beyond the identity piece, FB's play is about bringing in content (and learning about you) too. So, dude will you be sharing your comments and activity from sites where you use FB Connect with your FB News Feed, e.g. if you comment on TechCrunch or CitySearch, will you choose to cross-post it to FB?

Just wondering, since beyond the identity piece, FB's play is about bringing in content (and learning about you) too.

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2008/12/04/i-got-id/comment-page-1/#comment-5576 Jake Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:26:15 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1952#comment-5576 Yeah, your view is shared by the majority of people, which is precisely why I think Facebook has the advantage here. It's dead simple and not confusing.<br><br>Not that this is good IMO, but it definitely looks like the prevailing trend to me. Facebook looks a lot like the new Microsoft to me, which may not be an accident. Microsoft was an early ad partner and now owns a hefty stake.<br><br>Wouldn't that be a fun end game for Google? Yeah, your view is shared by the majority of people, which is precisely why I think Facebook has the advantage here. It's dead simple and not confusing.

Not that this is good IMO, but it definitely looks like the prevailing trend to me. Facebook looks a lot like the new Microsoft to me, which may not be an accident. Microsoft was an early ad partner and now owns a hefty stake.

Wouldn't that be a fun end game for Google?

]]> By: chet http://theappslab.com/2008/12/04/i-got-id/comment-page-1/#comment-5574 chet Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:01:58 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1952#comment-5574 I can't keep up anymore.<br><br>I don't care one way or another anymroe. I like facebook becase it's allowed me to find people I haven't seen or talked to in 20 years. I like google and all it's tools that seem to become more integrated by day. Should it be open(ish) like google or the walled garden like facebook? I don't care. I just like the fact that they both allow me to stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones online.<br><br>I wish this was around growing up though; HI, NE, AZ, MS, CA, FL, CO and FL. I can't keep up anymore.

I don't care one way or another anymroe. I like facebook becase it's allowed me to find people I haven't seen or talked to in 20 years. I like google and all it's tools that seem to become more integrated by day. Should it be open(ish) like google or the walled garden like facebook? I don't care. I just like the fact that they both allow me to stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones online.

I wish this was around growing up though; HI, NE, AZ, MS, CA, FL, CO and FL.

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