I think it's an intriguing idea, although I give it at best even odds of success. Consumer movements like this can succeed if they gather enough supporters to pressure the big players into the idea, but it takes a lot of people -- enough to at least embarass the sites that don't play along, and ideally enough to present a real commercial (or legislative) threat. At this stage, I think it's possible, especially if either MySpace or Facebook decides to one-up the other by going along with it. But it's at least equally likely that they will both ignore the idea and hope that it goes away, and the odds are fairly good that it will do so...
The Social Web Bill of Rights
I think it's an intriguing idea, although I give it at best even odds of success. Consumer movements like this can succeed if they gather enough supporters to pressure the big players into the idea, but it takes a lot of people -- enough to at least embarass the sites that don't play along, and ideally enough to present a real commercial (or legislative) threat. At this stage, I think it's possible, especially if either MySpace or Facebook decides to one-up the other by going along with it. But it's at least equally likely that they will both ignore the idea and hope that it goes away, and the odds are fairly good that it will do so...
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Is anybody following me only here any more?
(Unlike nearly everything I post, this is intentionally only being posted to LiveJournal.) A few days ago, I posted my analysis of the new LJ Terms…
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Signal Boost: Affordable Housing at Assembly Square
Mainly for Somerville residents -- the developer of an enormous new apartment complex at Assembly Square is trying to skeeve out of some of the…
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A Study of the Battleground
When I dubbed my current politics posts with the tag "wartime thoughts", that was not originally intended as a general statement about the…
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