tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post1964914192667399762..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Google Promotes Data Portability by Adding Restrictions to the Contacts APIAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-65059426752947727312010-12-09T03:05:51.922-08:002010-12-09T03:05:51.922-08:00Just import your Facebook contacts to Yahoo or Hot...Just import your Facebook contacts to Yahoo or Hotmail, then export from there to Google.<br />http://www.labnol.org/internet/export-email-addresses-from-facebook/12970/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07560029671952342103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-2591894263015287132010-12-01T14:26:15.360-08:002010-12-01T14:26:15.360-08:00What a childish approach on Gogle's part. Fir...What a childish approach on Gogle's part. First, I'm not MOVING data to facebook. I'm copying it - so nothing is getting locked up. <br /><br />Google is intentionally vague and misleading, Attempting to confuse the avg facebook user with FUD is nasty & despicable. <br /><br /><br />Google doesn't own my data any more tha Facebook and their snarky comments do not advance the situation whatsoever. I don't mind the informaiton they provide, but the attitude and approach helps no one.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756861654489982296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-76112688113131358512010-11-24T08:37:09.176-08:002010-11-24T08:37:09.176-08:00Right now, attempting to import Facebook contacts ...Right now, attempting to import Facebook contacts from both Windows Live and the Yahoo!Address Book returns <a href="http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6994/facebookerror.png" rel="nofollow">this error page</a>. Is anyone else having the same experience?Waldirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729094481458417480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-56852972175421248712010-11-20T05:40:27.629-08:002010-11-20T05:40:27.629-08:00I'm with Google on this one.
Expecting openne...I'm with Google on this one.<br /><br />Expecting openness from others while not being open is ridiculous.<br /><br />"They belong to Facebook, and can only be exported to the business partners that Facebook agrees with."<br /><br />That sums it up the differences between Google and Facebook's philosophies quiet nicely. The data should belong to the person and not Facebook.<br />When you're sharing your contact information with a friend on Facebook, you're giving out your email address just like you would if you told it to someone and they added it to their Gmail contacts. Expecting Google to let their users export contacts while not letting your users export them is evil.ssj4gogetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00031020131866829374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-21597914763695744822010-11-12T02:34:00.876-08:002010-11-12T02:34:00.876-08:00I totally support Google's move here. I should...I totally support Google's move here. I should be able to download my contacts and take it to other sites if I want to.Hectorhttp://jobsincanadaforlatinos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-685039307604285762010-11-10T14:19:55.777-08:002010-11-10T14:19:55.777-08:00Funny from that Google, who doesn't allow to e...Funny from that Google, who doesn't allow to export data from their website builder (namely Google Sites)pihentagyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00673180739417178497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-28386434912140035762010-11-10T06:06:36.473-08:002010-11-10T06:06:36.473-08:00Facebook is not easy.Facebook is not easy.Arabic Translation Experthttp://www.arabictranslationexperts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-32412913123563483402010-11-10T00:41:46.184-08:002010-11-10T00:41:46.184-08:00Take a look around at the competitors in the inter...Take a look around at the competitors in the internet space. Microsoft/Facebook are battling it out against Google/OpenSocial community. Here are a couple examples:<br />* Facebook is providing exclusive access to its user data via Bing while Google has been left with only publicly published data from Facebook.<br />* Facebook and Microsoft partnered to offer Docs for Facebook.<br /><br />One could argue: Closed vs. Open data future - the choice is in everyone's hands.<br /><br />However, that's an oversimplification of the relationships where it's lonely place at the top of the valley.Randy Carltonhttp://www.rancar2.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-38516307902989900212010-11-09T19:13:18.261-08:002010-11-09T19:13:18.261-08:00@Martin. I'm impressed with the PD tie-in. N...@Martin. I'm impressed with the PD tie-in. Now I feel like going back to my business strategy class to learn more.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148146785844410890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-22218934219108170182010-11-09T19:08:06.245-08:002010-11-09T19:08:06.245-08:00It's a game theory problem, similar to the Pri...It's a game theory problem, similar to the Prisoner's Dilemma. If everybody cooperates, everybody gets the best outcome. But Facebook defected, so the *best* response is to punish Facebook. If Twitter, Hotmail and others did the same (but only to Facebook, the defector), Facebook would be forced to concede, and that would maximize data portability for everyone.<br /><br />This is a real world case of a classical problem in rationality and game theory, and Google did the right thing.adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020701980607126113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-28369068854399919302010-11-09T19:04:11.595-08:002010-11-09T19:04:11.595-08:00I'm amused by this conflict.
Maybe I'm ...I'm amused by this conflict. <br /><br />Maybe I'm just a filthy, capitalist pig. On the other hand, I see this as a big-time flame war between two giants who have some of the biggest flame throwers around.<br /><br />May the market win - and for my personal preference, please let it be Google (if we have to pick between the two).Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148146785844410890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-63229708952466063072010-11-09T18:09:18.655-08:002010-11-09T18:09:18.655-08:00But I don't get it.
If I goto http://address....But I don't get it.<br /><br />If I goto http://address.yahoo.com and click "Import now", Yahoo Mail can import all of my Facebook contacts. So how is Facebook walled off? Couldn't Gmail also offer an Import-from-Facebook feature?Shannon K. Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18086043413629051888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-59675619105595455872010-11-09T17:23:13.649-08:002010-11-09T17:23:13.649-08:00I really appreciate what Google did for a complete...I really appreciate what Google did for a completely different reason; I don't trust people who know me to be responsible with my contact information. I try to be careful with the information I give out, but my phone number and address have ended up in the hands of people I hardly know. And Facebook, which has a pretty bad track record in terms of user privacy, is the last place I want every bit of information someone knows about me to end up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-46850786669646843592010-11-09T16:18:52.212-08:002010-11-09T16:18:52.212-08:00I totally agree with Google on this. I think it...I totally agree with Google on this. I think it's fair to require another company to provide the same services. Unlike the guy above, I don't think it compares to Google Analytics example. I should be able to download a "contact list" of all my facebook friends for use in whatever I want. They're my contacts, not Facebooks.bystreamsofwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228918567550381264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-87632336223534506392010-11-09T15:53:21.935-08:002010-11-09T15:53:21.935-08:00But surely it's miles ahead of Facebook on por...But surely it's miles ahead of Facebook on portability, and if you require reciprocity you basically are forcing the other party to liberate it's user data and not leech it unconditionally from everywhere else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-12119274484045930792010-11-09T15:39:26.316-08:002010-11-09T15:39:26.316-08:00I think this is an excellent step. It really shoul...I think this is an excellent step. It really should be two-way. Google isn't preventing anyone from using their data in Facebook. It's a pity the reverse isn't true.<br /><br />This also has the virtue of making it clearer that you are handing over to Facebook not only your own personal data, but the personal data of others as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-67388127697419688062010-11-09T15:19:15.634-08:002010-11-09T15:19:15.634-08:00If you try to link your Google OpenID to your Face...If you try to link your Google OpenID to your Facebook account, Facebook requires access to your contacts. I don't want Facebook's fingers in my email account, so I've never followed through. Maybe now things are different...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-55060208171695194882010-11-09T15:02:07.026-08:002010-11-09T15:02:07.026-08:00Facebook continues to play the same card. Facebook...Facebook continues to play the same card. Facebook friends are based on names and not email ids. If you decide to move away from Facebook, you do not get the right to take with you email addresses of all your friends on the network. <br /><br />Gmail of course is all about emails. You need to have the ability to export email addresses because that is what used to communicate on it. <br /><br />But Google is right in saying... if you want open access from us, you need to provide open access to others too. <br /><br />Remains to be seen how supportive Facebook would be if and ever Google Me launches. <br /><br />Same case for Diaspora.Shttp://techwhack.comnoreply@blogger.com