http://allfacebook.disqus.com/enSat, 04 Aug 2007 17:19:59 -0000http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/will-facebook-lose-steam/303563#comment-1637320<p>Your post is a bit confusing. You're referring to two kinds of open:</p><p>Facebook's flavor of open - allowing people to build within the walled garden. This is what Fred Wilson's complaining about.</p><p>Portable Social Networks - This is allowing the user to control their social network information and be able to pull it into whatever application they want.<br><a href="http://microformats.org/wiki/social-network-portability" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://microformats.org/wiki/social-network-portability">http://microformats.org/wik...</a></p>Justin ThorpSat, 04 Aug 2007 17:19:59 -0000http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/will-facebook-lose-steam/303563#comment-1637321<p>It seems that closed systems are increasingly not as viable as more open varieties. Interesting, the Cluetrain Manifesto predicted this model in 2001.</p><p>Are there closed models that are working, except in security related markets?</p>compassioninpoliticsFri, 03 Aug 2007 23:25:39 -0000