Comments on: Thoughts on dynamic privacy

By: The Song Remains The Same » Blog Archive » The Coming Economics of Big Data

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:57:02 +0000

[...] Data generally wants users to be able to have access to their data via third parties, but only in very limited conditions. I would classify these limitations as “artificial constraints” [...]

By: Siddey

Siddey — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:00:15 +0000

Chris,

A great interview and yet again you’ve provided some great insights into the secret sauce behind the next generation of online social and location enabled services. It’s all about context and relevance.

I’ve also thrown my hat in the ring and attempted to break-down the elements that will define relevance for mobile location services. Let me know what you think.

http://siddey.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/defining-information-relevance-for-location-based-services/

By: Sumeet Singh

Sumeet Singh — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:08:10 +0000

Nice article. Although Facebook has been on a privacy watchlist for a long time, measures such as these are bound to contribute to a safe internet.

By: dave mcclure

dave mcclure — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:41:05 +0000

my thoughts on how to make this work, from a few weeks ago:

http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2008/05/memo-to-google.html

“Memo to Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, & AOL: How to Turn 500M email logins into Facebook Platform & a Crapload of Revenue”

basically, by constraining the # of friend list connections to the top most relevant (as determined by messaging frequency + keyword relevance), you can actually IMPROVE usability & adoption by CONSTRAINING the # of choices / friends.

i don’t have a strong opinion on the tools / standards / methods to get there, but the user experience should be relatively similar — WITHOUT having to give away an email address.