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by michaelchisari 5681 days ago
For now, yes. But the history of the Internet is one of distributed solutions winning out over proprietary walled gardens.

For instance, a lot of people are on niche or community-driven social networking sites, alongside facebook. If those sites could communicate with each other, facebook would lose a lot of mind share.
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bmurphy 5681 days ago
You're right. But it's not happening now. I don't see it. Who are the alternatives everybody is flocking to? They don't exist.

Don't get me wrong. I'm hopeful for a new world of open protocols and you controlling your own data, but I just don't see it happening right now.

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michaelchisari 5681 days ago
True, but we're still in the construction phase, which I of course find very exciting, but I realize it can be frustrating for people who might want a viable facebook alternative right now.

I do think it's an inevitability, and it's really just a matter of how soon it happens. Mark my words though, within at least 5-10 years from now, Facebook will look more like the AOL of social networking.

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