Because data portability is only now getting the real attention it should have received years ago. Social networks cannot hope to contain their users but simply hold their attention for as long as they can. If you build a great social network (or website in that context) then you should have nothing to worry with data portability. The sites that shake in their boots about their prisons being smashed are the websites that should fall to the wayside.

Expect to see tons of data protability companies spring up in the near future as this is just the start of the trend.

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Here’s a free idea for someone to do right because I just don’t have the time. Build a timeline widget that uses the FF API as the underlying data source and shows your and your friends’ activities across all social sites on one timeline. Make it look great, feel snappy, and let people grab their own right embed code right from the widget, and you’ll have a winner. And if you, please remember me when you hit the top