On Friday, Facebook announced its next big move – to join the realm of data portability. This new tech concept, which many are calling the next major move to open up social networking across the web, will be concentrated throught the site’s Facebook Connect technology.
Facebook Connect will allow Facebook members to connect the data in their profiles and personal user authentication to external web pages. What this means is that Facebook users will be able to transfer their individual identities across networks–including names, personal info, interests, photos, friends, groups, events, etc.
This is a step in the right direction for social networks. Data portability is not only about the transfer of data, but about giving people the ability to carry their personal identities with them wherever they want. Facebook profiles are an evolving work of art for some people, and with the option to carry these pieces of themselves around the web, users may feel more inclined to reach out to new networks and enhance the web’s social climate.
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