[Standards] Jabber (PEP) for social network?

[Adam Nemeth]

Hi all,

As a social media researcher, and maintainer of a "Web 2.0 startup"
myself, I often meet with the greatest problem of [nearly] all social
network - based softwares: how do I get the network of the user? Would
she been willing to [re]build it on my site?

And why would a user create her 100th account on my site?

How could be a user's social network PORTABLE?

At first glance, the answer to this is simple: use Jabber! (errgh,
sorry, XMPP, I'm just way too old for the name :)

Why don't we separate the roles of the service provider (eg. link
sharing site, video sharing, status sharing (twitter!) etc), and the
social network provider?

For example: if everyone uses GTalk or any other XMPP as communication
service, and they do have their friends on their roster (to make this
simpler, let's assume everyone uses jabber only, no transports etc),
could I build a blogsite where all blogs are private (visible only for
'friends'), without creating a new jabber service (use existing
accounts), and without the need of support from the desktop client
side?

Notice: It's a way external component: independent from gmail.com,
livejournal, jabber.org, just uses the social network provided by the
roster. But how could it reach the roster without copying it? Should
the communication provider have PEP installed? What could be done if
it's denied? Could I handle the roster as a given thing (no need to
copy it everytime, it's the social network provider's bussiness to
distribute events)?

So, basically, here's my lego set: a presence-enabled website (with
http binding + javascript for example, doesn't matter), a server only
for bots and components (no user registered there), some large
xmpp-providers, who do not know of me, and users with existing desktop
(web etc) clients which aren't to be disturbed with my own protocol,
except for some granted event notifications, which are enabled from
the web interface.

How could I build a lego-house from these?

Happy Eastern everyone:

Adam Nemeth, jabbermania.blogspot.com
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