Facebook is NOT that open
Dave Winer and Michael Arrington are making a big deal today about Facebook RSS feeds for friends’ status updates and posted items. While it’s true that these features are a step in the open direction, let’s all remember Facebook is really not very open.
For example Facebook does NOT provide feeds for many core features, including:
- My News Feed
- Friends’ Mini Feeds
- Friends’ Profile Updates
- Friends’ Updated Photos
- Groups Updates
- Events Updates
Additionally, Facebook does NOT provide export functions for data I have stored there:
- Friends/Contact List
- Photo Albums
So yes, while there are some open functions (particularly the Twitter-esque friends’ status updates feed), most data is still stuck in Facebook.
Update: Facebook’s Ari Steinberg points out in the comments that 1) a friends’ notes feed is also published, and 2) events are actually exportable.
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