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by beamatronic 2211 days ago
It sounds like your social graph should be portable, so you can take it to a neutral 3rd party.
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I’m interested in decoupling personal data from the application layer. Solid[0] is one such experiment.

It seems doomed though... and even if it does “work”, I imagine the nightmare scenario where, in order to use FB, you have to give them FULL ACCESS to aaaaaaalll of your data (email, contacts, messages, etc...).

There are also technical concerns around caching / rate-limiting, UX concerns around the complexity, and operational concerns around business models that don’t involve a Dragon’s cave full of data.

But, I hope something like this works. Or maybe just better tools for personal blogs again?

[0] https://solid.mit.edu

That would be a dream. Switch providers, keep your phone number ^W^W username and social graph.
Your phone has a phonebook.