[P2P-F] what to think of google+

[Michel Bauwens]

thanks Sam!

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Michel Bauwens
> <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Sam,
> >
> > I know you are busy, but just in case,
> >
> > I'm looking for assessments of google+ and its openness, whether it's
> really
> > becoming the 'interoperable social web' as some people are
> > claiming etc ...
> >
>
> I have yet to see more than one discussion or exchange happen in my
> connection to Google+ despite thousands of invites to connect. It's
> the most populated place where not much at all is really happening
> online that I can think of! :)
>
> However it is true that Google tends to support data portability (via
> user interface and API). Google also recently tends to err on the side
> of contributing to commons, which is how we ended up with open source
> etherpad, and open source version of Google Wave. Google Wave itself
> supported connection to "bot" programs (and access to google app
> engine), which in turn opened the application up to all sorts of
> interoperability possibilities. I assume this is still part of open
> source wave. So, by my reckoning Google Wave had real potential for
> truly being an "interoperable social web" application.
>
> Google+ doesn't yet have a public API supported by Google.
>
>
>
> > I have a /Google tag in my delicious with material,
> >
> > any volunteers?
> >
> > Michel
> >
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