Can Facebook Own the Social Graph?

Yesterday’s big news was that Facebook has expanded their platform to the general web. According to developers, this service was already accessible via backend methods but there is now a client facing version. Regardless of the technical aspect of Facebook’s new JavaScript service, their intentions are clear: Facebook wants to own the social graph. At the Graphing Social Patterns conference last October, Chamath Palihapitiya, Vice President of Product Marketing & Operations at Facebook, clearly stated that Facebook’s goal is to most acccurately store the “social graph.”