[iDC] Replacing Facebook

[Tony Fish - AMF Ventures]

Overall I have no doubt Facebook will survive but in what form is a more
difficult judgement call as Facebook has highlighted that the value of our
relationships is sufficiently high that they need them and are willing to
risk their Brand to get  more of our digital footprint.  The utility
question (what is facebook for), trade for our information and
implementation of its privacy setting, however, does open up the possibility
for new entrants.  It is naïve to say that inertia; my grandma and friends
will not change, is enough to keep the social networking market closed. It
is possible to your export data, difficult but this will happen.  It is not
impossible to see that a new social media company will offer 50% of its
equity to users as a trade for moving and privacy.  It also possible to see
that your generic login becomes the mechanism to find unique discounts for
you, all these open up the market and trade they I hope will provide a more
even value balance for users.

Have put a longer blog post up "Would Aristotle use Facebook?"
 http://blog.mydigitalfootprint.com/would-aristotle-use-facebook




-----Original Message-----
From: idc-bounces at mailman.thing.net [mailto:idc-bounces at mailman.thing.net]
On Behalf Of Jean Burgess
Sent: 27 May 2010 09:13
To: Geert Lovink
Cc: idc at mailman.thing.net
Subject: Re: [iDC] Replacing Facebook

Speaking of which, the fact that this list is moderated, and that this  
is done from the Northern hemisphere, makes it difficult to have real/ 
dynamic conversations. Is this a decision that could be revisited?

Best
Jean

On 27/05/2010, at 7:26, Geert Lovink <geert at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I certainly plan to join the Facebook exodus. I am confident a lot of
> others on iDC will do so as well. It was just a matter of time,
> waiting for the right moment. Now it's there: May 31.
>
> http://www.quitfacebookday.com/
>
> After that I am keen to discuss alternatives like Crabgrass (developed
> by riseup.net) and perhaps Ning (as a commercial in-between stage for
> the addicts), and many other applications and platforms that are out
> there.
>
> For me social networking is a cultural logic, a skill (for certain
> times)--and a menace (in this time and age).
>
> It is going to be a good thing that social networking sites will
> evolve from large corporate platforms to flexible, scalable tools.
>
> Greetings, Geert
>
>
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