Why standards, open source are important to a great leap forward in social networking

I can't follow the code of reblg, but I know it is a good idea. And that is just one of Marc's good ideas here. Read for yourself.

The dream is that distributed social networks will mesh with individuals--each who are on multiple social networks--and that the whole thing kind of slides up next to the blogosphere and extends the notion of a free, open, distributed Long Tail environment. Microcontent is part of it--but people are at the center.

Source: news.com.com

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