There is a concept feverishly forming in the social networking space, backed by a well articulated and convincing description of “open social graphs”. Brad Fitzpatrick, founder of LiveJournal, authored the manifesto of sorts, which forms the eye of this hurricane.
Wired also issued an open challenge, entitled Slap in the FaceBook - challenging FB and MySpace to “open up” a few weeks ago, rooted in the same fundamental issue. (more…)