I've been listening to Jonathan Zittrain lately and I really don't want a walled garden internet or non-internet. I thought we want to break these barriers down? I know that that old profit motive drives innovation on the one hand. But I want the game to get iterated some more if need be. I want the keys to my personal data. Please. And I want open platforms. Facebook needs to keep getting more cautious and concerned for the welfare of the planet not just their own bottom line. - Janet Tokerud from FriendFeed MT Plugin

I think it's great that the leading social network is looking for non-obtrusive ways to make money out of their service. + Banks and credit institutions are already doing it shamelessly. We've all been stripped of our "public privacy" a long time ago, so I don't really see the issue with Facebook Connect. - xavier vespa from FriendFeed MT Plugin

Crux of the mater is people get tired of signing up for every site that seems to be the next great one. It doesn't take a genius to see people flocking to every hyped beta site like rats to a piper. And facebook would soon have others gnawing at this 'connect' thing even as we are reading this. Oh, and web privacy is a myth. Deep down, people wan't to be connected - just a matter of choosing whom. But then that's where trouble starts. So can I add all of you as a facebook friend? :) Best. alain www.mor.ph - Alain Benedict Yap from FriendFeed MT Plugin

I don't see the fact that Facebook is privately owned as an issue. What I do see though as an issue is the creation of a monopoly, or presuming Google eventually gets serious in the space, a duopology of social graph conduits. Facebook wants to be everywhere, cementing an omnipresence that will make them difficult to dislodge by a new upstart and this may deliver that. The prospects of competition, and eventually real innovation dim. - Duncan Riley