Le Web08 - Day 2 - The Love Platform

Representatives from Google, SixApart, Facebook, Microsoft and MySpace are there. The panel is moderated by Marc Canter from Broadband Mechanics.

How do we interpret Open (Open platforms, Open ID, Open Social)?

Facebook has recently opened their platform to allow developers to build some tools. The idea is to see vast growth and get a lot of opportunities with about 60,000 developers around the world. With a recent re-design of Facebook, the system is functioning differently now. Users can stream information as they wish to update their friends.

MySpace strongly believes that by buildings open standards, it will work more effectively for the benefits of users.

Difference between OpenID and OpenSocial?

You need both to let users allow to do whatever they want to do with their peers. You shouldn't have to create a separate login for each website (OpenID). OpenSocial allows third parties developers to build applications within the social website.

The Love should be for the Users:

==> Let the users move their profile data, social graph and content anywhere they want

==> Assume users will want to be members of more than one system

==> Assume users wish to have their favorite apps, widgets and adgets on all their pages

==> User don't live for you, you live for them