FOWA Miami: Future of Social Networks

The Future Social Web

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The problem with social networks...

They don’t work together.

(unlike the Web)

The future of social networks...

Make them work together.

(like the Web)

Make it so.

Small pieces. Loosely joined.

Axioms of Web Architecture Simplicity Modular Design Decentralization

Why don’t our social apps work this way?

Control Speed Privacy Clean Experience

Missing: the power of remixable data

Social networking fatigue

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How can we make social networks more hackable? Portable? Efﬁcient?

Don’t make me repeat myself. Proﬁle information Friend networks Preferences

Could these sites work together?

We have the technology:

Building Block: proﬁle information • info: • name • photo • notes • hyperlink to his blog • Building block: hCard

Building Block: proﬁle equivalency users hyperlink to their identities • social network proﬁle(s) • home page • blog • OpenID(s) Building block: XFN rel=quot;mequot;

Building Block: friends list • friends lists with: • hyperlinks to their proﬁles • friend icons • name (in img alt text) • Building blocks: • hCards for their link, icon, name • XFN for relationships

Social Network Portability: How-To • Publish microformats building blocks in user profiles • hCard on user profile pages • XFN rel=quot;mequot; hyperlinks to user blogs/home pages • hCard+XFN friends lists • XFN rel=quot;mequot; to separate friends list pages • XFN+HTML4 pagination rel=quot;me nextquot;, rel=quot;me prevquot; • Subscribe to microformats for profiles. Let the user: • subscribe to their hCard user profile • subscribe to their hCard+XFN supporting friends lists • more: microformats.org/wiki/social-network-portability

How To: hCard proﬁles <div class=quot;vcardquot;> <div class=quot;fnquot;>Chris Messina</div> <img class=quot;photoquot; src=quot;cm.pngquot; alt=quot;Photo of Chrisquot; /> <div class=quot;notequot;> <p>Chris is originally...</p> <p>...</p> </div> <a class=quot;urlquot; rel=quot;mequot; href=quot;http://...quot;>Chris's blog</a> </div>

How To: XFN rel=quot;mequot; proﬁle equivalency • <a rel=quot;mequot; href=quot;http://flickr.com/people/...quot;> Flickr Profile</a> • <a rel=quot;mequot; href=quot;http://technorati.com/...quot;> Technorati Profile</a> • <a rel=quot;mequot; href=quot;http://pownce.com/tquot;> Pownce Profile</a> • <a rel=quot;mequot; href=quot;http://twitter.com/tquot;> Twitter Profile</a> • <a rel=quot;mequot; href=quot;http://upcoming.yahoo.com/...quot;> Upcoming Profile</a> • <a rel=quot;mequot; href=quot;http://tantek.com/quot;> tantek.com</a> rel=quot;mequot; link symmetry required for proﬁle equivalency

How To: hCard+XFN friends lists <span class=quot;vcardquot;> <a class=quot;urlquot; rel=quot;contactquot; href=quot;http://twitter.com/davemc500hatsquot;> <img class=quot;fn photoquot; alt=quot;Dave McClurequot; src=quot;dmc500.pngquot; /> </a> </span> <span class=quot;vcardquot;> <a class=quot;urlquot; rel=quot;contactquot; href=quot;http://twitter.com/factoryjoequot;> <img class=quot;fn photoquot; alt=quot;Chris Messinaquot; src=quot;cm.pngquot; /> </a> </span> ... etc.

How To: separate friends page • <a rel=quot;mequot; href=quot;/t/friendsquot;>View All…</a> be sure to link from friends page back to the proﬁle with rel=quot;mequot;

How To: paginated friends lists quot;Previousquot; and quot;Nextquot; links on a paginated friends list • <a rel=quot;me prevquot; href=quot;/t/friends?page=6quot;>« Previous</a> • <a rel=quot;me nextquot; href=quot;/t/friends?page=8quot;>Next »</a>

Social Network Portability publishing support • What sites and companies support this? Lots! • Check microformats wiki for latest: • hCard supporting user proﬁles • hCard+XFN supporting friends lists http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-supporting-user-proﬁles http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-xfn-supporting-friends-list

Open for business.

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We are on the cusp of the Social Web The pie is about to get a lot bigger

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