Redes sociais - decentralizaed social networking framework

Um excelente artigo de Khoi Vinh, onde ele analisa o problema da proliferação dos perfis de um utilizador nas aplicações de redes sociais, e propõe a unificação desse perfil.

[...]Which just fills me with greater discouragement about the prospects for a decentralized social networking framework that can ensure a moderate level of inter-operability. I call the idea, “Network Once, Socialize Anywhere.” Why should I have to connect to my best friend, say, once on Flickr, once on LinkedIn, once on Twitter and again for as many new cool networks as will arise in 2007?