Comments on: Facebook: Whose data is it anyway? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:14:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Facebook blocks Google, for your own good » mathewingram.com/work | http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-337982 Facebook blocks Google, for your own good » mathewingram.com/work | Fri, 16 May 2008 13:11:05 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/#comment-337982 [...] Robert Scoble has a post up that seems to argue that Facebook is right and Mike is wrong — a debate that continues in the comments on Arrington’s post — but to be honest I lost track of what Scoble’s argument actually was somewhere in there. To me it seems obvious that I should have the ability to move data that is attached to my profile (photos, phone numbers, addresses, emails, etc.) to some other site — in a way that didn’t involve screen-scraping. [...] [...] Robert Scoble has a post up that seems to argue that Facebook is right and Mike is wrong — a debate that continues in the comments on Arrington’s post — but to be honest I lost track of what Scoble’s argument actually was somewhere in there. To me it seems obvious that I should have the ability to move data that is attached to my profile (photos, phone numbers, addresses, emails, etc.) to some other site — in a way that didn’t involve screen-scraping. [...]

]]> By: Diovo » The World Wide Mess http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-336656 Diovo » The World Wide Mess Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:06:18 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/#comment-336656 [...] portability is an issue being discussed by many, related to the Facebook-Scoble debate. As Mathew Ingram puts it, the main question here is: Who does that data belong to? It might have been collected and [...] [...] portability is an issue being discussed by many, related to the Facebook-Scoble debate. As Mathew Ingram puts it, the main question here is: Who does that data belong to? It might have been collected and [...]

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-373856 mathewi Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:09:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/#comment-373856 Paul, if you don't like the blog, feel free to take your readership<br>and your comments elsewhere. Paul, if you don't like the blog, feel free to take your readership
and your comments elsewhere.

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-339831 mathewi Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:09:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/#comment-339831 Paul, if you don't like the blog, feel free to take your readership<br>and your comments elsewhere. Paul, if you don't like the blog, feel free to take your readership
and your comments elsewhere.

]]> By: paul smith http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-339830 paul smith Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:21:31 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/03/facebook-whose-data-is-it-anyway/#comment-339830 God you are such a Techcrunch wannabe writer. You think the Sun shines out of Arrington's ar$e. <br><br>"according to this post from Mike Arrington at TechCrunch. I agree with Mike that Plaxo is to blame here just as much as Facebook." <br><br>Plaxo is not to blame. FB needs to be made open. Try out Facebook Sync on the Mac this works with my address book. <br><br>Although I do agree with Ian Betteridge. What if Scoble wanted to take "his" social graph/data and import it onto <a href="http://Hustler.com">Hustler.com</a> without your permission but you were listed as one of his 5000 friends? What if Hustler then started sending you pornographic messages. Whose data would it be then? God you are such a Techcrunch wannabe writer. You think the Sun shines out of Arrington's ar$e.

“according to this post from Mike Arrington at TechCrunch. I agree with Mike that Plaxo is to blame here just as much as Facebook.”

Plaxo is not to blame. FB needs to be made open. Try out Facebook Sync on the Mac this works with my address book.

Although I do agree with Ian Betteridge. What if Scoble wanted to take “his” social graph/data and import it onto Hustler.com without your permission but you were listed as one of his 5000 friends? What if Hustler then started sending you pornographic messages. Whose data would it be then?

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