(2010-10-18) Winer Canter Many Social Networks

Dave Winer appreciates Marc Canter's early recognition that Social Networking software should be a commodity... Every virtual place should define a social network. It should be as easy to start a social network as it is to install an email server, or a Web Server... Examples of virtual places that will be the start of social networks: NYU, Starbucks, BestBuy, my apartment building, Dunkin Donuts, Logan Airport, Verizon, Netflix, The Godfather, Five Easy Pieces, Dirty Harry, Casablanca, Fifth Avenue, Vail... In a university, the roles you can play are: student, teacher, administrator, security guard, teaching assistant... Every place that defines a clear set of roles is a place that can host a social network that means something to some people. Hmm, Network or Virtual Community? (Market Network Community Platform Ecosystem, Open Social Networking Model).