1. Graph – of course this should be open, it is really just a list of the people I know. Why should facebook, or anyone else, be able to say I am allowed to be friends with someone on their site, but not somewhere else.

2. Friends’ data – two points here.
First, by friending you and putting my data on Facebook (or whatever other site) I am agreeing to allow you to “use” that data, but not make any of it public to other people… I friended you, not your other friends. Which leads to my second point.
Second, by posting my information on a site that we connect on, it is assumed that I am familiar with how that site functions (i.e. my data is used), implicitly giving you permission to use it IN THAT WAY. However, if you take my personal data elsewhere, I may not know how it is being used and therefore have NOT given you permission to use it in other ways. (Plaxo’s spamming issues of the past being an example). *disclaimer – plaxo is much better now.

3. Our actual data – hopefully this is a given. We should have control how of our content, only allowing it to be put where we want it. However, I believe once I have published content somewhere, I should be allowed to pull that content into other locations – do you agree?

Ian
ian-ellis.com

1. Graph – of course this should be open, it is really just a list of the people I know. Why should facebook, or anyone else, be able to say I am allowed to be friends with someone on their site, but not somewhere else.

2. Friends’ data – two points here.
First, by friending you and putting my data on Facebook (or whatever other site) I am agreeing to allow you to “use” that data, but not make any of it public to other people… I friended you, not your other friends. Which leads to my second point.
Second, by posting my information on a site that we connect on, it is assumed that I am familiar with how that site functions (i.e. my data is used), implicitly giving you permission to use it IN THAT WAY. However, if you take my personal data elsewhere, I may not know how it is being used and therefore have NOT given you permission to use it in other ways. (Plaxo’s spamming issues of the past being an example). *disclaimer – plaxo is much better now.

3. Our actual data – hopefully this is a given. We should have control how of our content, only allowing it to be put where we want it. However, I believe once I have published content somewhere, I should be allowed to pull that content into other locations – do you agree?

Ian
ian-ellis.com