Facebook – Scoble Fiasco Series: Data ownership

This is the first post in the Facebook-Scoble Fiasco Series. I want to use this incident to raise the awareness of the users of social networks. This incident brought into focus many claims and counterclaims. Some of them are valid and the rest are plain bullshit. I hope this series helps people make a distinction [...]

History teaches us that the future of social networks is an open one

Image via CrunchBase We are dreaming about decentralized social networks, where we can take our data and friends to wherever we go. Some of us are even wondering if Facebook and other social networks will take the necessary first step. But the venture capitalist Fred Wilson says that if people leave Facebook for its walled [...]