MySpace on-the-go user data
p2pnet news | Freedom:- The biggies are scrambling to try to come up with ways to make sure their social network businesses stay profitable and viable.
Facebook is revamping its profiles and now profile information, pictures and videos on MySpace will be made “openly available” to user accounts on Yahoo, ebay, Photobucket and Twitter, says PC Pro.
“The move is part of the site’s Data Availability project, which is open to all interested parties, including rival social networks such as Facebook,” it says. It, “allow users to control what information is shared with other sites, and manage profile information for various networks from MySpace”.
The story notes MySpace is trying to revive flagging traffic after visits in April fell by over 15% compared to the previous year.
Yahoo and MySpace both back Google’s OpenSocial project whose stated raison d’être is to find a way for multi-platform applications to run on various sites, and the three have created a “non-profit organisation” slated to go online on July 1, says PC Pro, adding:
“However, Facebook has declined to join the group.”
As people set up multiple profiles on different sites, they’re, “demanding the ability to carry their data, content and connections from one site to another, so that they don’t have to re-enter all that information again,” says PC World, going on:
“The functionality will become available at some point in the coming weeks to both users and third-party sites. At the core will be privacy and security controls so that users retain tight control over what data they share and in which site.”
However, it’s difficult to see how that’ll be reliably achieved given that ultimately, all these data are in the hands of the corporations running the sites.
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revamping its profiles – Facebook profile redesign, May 8, 2008
PC Pro – MySpace opens profiles up to Yahoo, May 9, 2008
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