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Anytime you look on the front page of Digg, you will often see headlines that start like “Ten ways to…” or “Top Ten Worst…”. And let’s face it, chances are pretty good that you often read these kinds of posts yourself, because they are just

With new data portability projects from Facebook, MySpace, and Google, the social-networking experience is on the verge of getting either a lot smoother or a lot sloppier.

Lately the echo chamber of the blogosphere inhabited by the Gillmor Gang (of which I am a member) has been caught in a loop of Twitter-FriendFeed convulsions. Steve Gillmor believes that Twitter is the communications medium of the future...

What's wrong with the "friends connection" programs announced by Facebook, MySpace and Google? Many people have been trying to explain the principle of data portability as if it were a new concept, but it's actually not. It's been on our PCs for years.

Recent announcements by MySpace, Facebook and Google pointed to the same trend: Online social networks are blending with each other and other websites.

The simple exposure of creating a web site dedicated to these communities comes across as odd or unecessary because to people outside the community it most certainly is. That’s exactly the point of niche communities. They aren’t for everyone.