Plaxo and Kevin Lim Blogging About Walled Gardens
November 4, 2007 by Kevin
Filed under Social Media
Kevin Lim a doctoral candidate at the University of Buffalo has a great post about “Walled Gardens”.
One of the focuses of the post is the idea that the next step in social networking is the aggregation of our data and profiles. A topic I have touched on before.
Lim writes:
It’s about time we took back ownership, control, and portability of our online identities. From our personal profiles, to status updates, to our friends lists, we should be able to choose where and when we want to share it. Right now most of us may have account with various services, making it hard to manage friends and updates across the board.
I really believe that this is the next step in the evolution, the question is what is going to be the way it is done? An open ID system that links everything together? A website like Plaxo, or a desktop tool like 8 hands?
