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People are missing the point - you can get a copy of your information but I doubt they'd erase their own copy for you.
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Sort by Registered Users. You don't even need the Chinese language site (QZone). Habbo + MySpace + Bebo + Orkut + Friendster + Hi5 = 679 million. Assuming 50% cross-over (which is a very high estimate), that means 340 million unique users, for just six social networks. And that is nothing to sneeze at.
Orkut is not really competing with Facebook. It's huge in Brazil, but has very few English speaking users left.
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I don't think you agree with his point. Most people have no desire to move on from Facebook not because moving their data is a hassle, but because everyone they know is on Facebook. Everyone didn't move from MySpace to Facebook. Facebook pulled in many, many new people.
I really didn't mean to speculate on whether Facebook would be replaced by something else. Maybe they'll become big enough that nothing will ever replace them. But if something does replace them having an API to export the existing data will be critical to the adoption of the new system. Even if all your friends use Facebook now, having an export API is the difference between them clicking on one link (and "approve")…
I think the benefactors of stuff like this are sites like flickr, blogger or tumblr, since it seems you can export out your photos/notes and start a new photostream/blog.
I don't find that very true. I don't think one has control unless one personally hosts the data. You have control over deleting your account and now control over downloading your data. This says nothing about how the ("the" not "your") data is to be used and what can be done with it outside your control.
People seem to be intepreting this as "OMG now we can build a new social network and convert users easily!" Users still aren't going to leave Facebook. Facebook realizes this, which is why they can do this now. Your mother's cousin is on Facebook. She won't be on Diaspora or (X). That said, this is pretty cool for its own reasons. Like waterlesscloud said, it looks like they "want to be the source of all social inter…
All the more reason to use Diaspora or (X).
People seem to be intepreting this as "OMG now we can build a new social network and convert users easily!" Users still aren't going to leave Facebook. Facebook realizes this, which is why they can do this now. Your mother's cousin is on Facebook. She won't be on Diaspora or (X). That said, this is pretty cool for its own reasons. Like waterlesscloud said, it looks like they "want to be the source of all social inter…
>Your mother's cousin is on Facebook. She won't be on Diaspora or (X). All the more reason to use Diaspora or (X).
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>Your mother's cousin is on Facebook. She won't be on Diaspora or (X). All the more reason to use Diaspora or (X).
Yea as facebook becomes more mainstream the hip people will need a new place to go.