Comments on: Everyone Wants a Social Network http://www.authenticbuzz.com/2007/04/19/everyone-wants-a-social-network/ social media and the new marketing Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:05:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: James Cridland http://www.authenticbuzz.com/2007/04/19/everyone-wants-a-social-network/#comment-16 James Cridland Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:49:23 +0000 http://www.authenticbuzz.com/2007/04/19/everyone-wants-a-social-network/#comment-16 You can look at this two ways, of course: I'd rather have a direct relationship with a website user, rather than hand that relationship to a third-party. However, when things like OpenID (and ClaimID) become more used, it'll mean an end to "lots of different identities on the web" and hopefully to the point where you can automatically add my latest Flickr photos and my latest Blogger entries to my MySpace page. The first person to really crack this will be a rich man indeed. You can look at this two ways, of course: I’d rather have a direct relationship with a website user, rather than hand that relationship to a third-party.

However, when things like OpenID (and ClaimID) become more used, it’ll mean an end to “lots of different identities on the web” and hopefully to the point where you can automatically add my latest Flickr photos and my latest Blogger entries to my MySpace page.

The first person to really crack this will be a rich man indeed.

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