Comments on: What kind of Semantic Web researcher are you? http://danbri.org/words/2009/07/23/423 the web, the world, us, you and them Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: William Gunn http://danbri.org/words/2009/07/23/423/comment-page-1#comment-17511 William Gunn Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:16:20 +0000 http://danbri.org/words/?p=423#comment-17511 I've always thought it unfortunate that discussions of risks brought about by new technologies (and this is pretty much universally true) focuses more on the downside risks and not so much on the upside opportunities. Sure, someone might be able to spy on or impersonate me with all my information public, but how many opportunities to meet new friends, colleagues, or business opportunities have I missed? The expiring CC license is a neat idea, too. I’ve always thought it unfortunate that discussions of risks brought about by new technologies (and this is pretty much universally true) focuses more on the downside risks and not so much on the upside opportunities. Sure, someone might be able to spy on or impersonate me with all my information public, but how many opportunities to meet new friends, colleagues, or business opportunities have I missed?

The expiring CC license is a neat idea, too.

]]> By: bobdc http://danbri.org/words/2009/07/23/423/comment-page-1#comment-17471 bobdc Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:37:51 +0000 http://danbri.org/words/?p=423#comment-17471 I'm just glad to see that "What kind of Semantic Web researcher are you?" didn't turn out to be one of those Facebook quizzes. Bob I’m just glad to see that “What kind of Semantic Web researcher are you?” didn’t turn out to be one of those Facebook quizzes.

Bob

]]> By: korth http://danbri.org/words/2009/07/23/423/comment-page-1#comment-17469 korth Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:16:15 +0000 http://danbri.org/words/?p=423#comment-17469 Good read, Dan! You are right, the Social Web (see my post on RWW [1] for details on my view on the trend) starts to get woven and things will flow and replicate far from what we already have today. As you named in A1, I also see the two major issues I) the user's control over their content, especially the reach: who gets view-access to what. II) revokeable access: once given access to content, there must be ways to revoke this. Currently, I) is provided by service providers, but far from being sufficient. Me, friends and family, friends of friends, is pretty one-dimensional and does not fit my needs. There must be more details. Friend lists are only a second step. II) is missing but fundamental because our brains work this way: we do forget. And because we forget, all the embarassing things we did 10 years ago, are forgotten. We are different beings now and thus, this information is outdated. One can also understand this brain feature as a natural filter. But I am no biologist. ;) However, this might be approached technically, or by a licence which expires automatically or on demand. Imagine a CC-by-1week. I am no expert in the licences domain. Is there something appropriate or something close? Cheers, Alex [1] http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_of_identities_making_machine-accessible_people_data.php Good read, Dan! You are right, the Social Web (see my post on RWW [1] for details on my view on the trend) starts to get woven and things will flow and replicate far from what we already have today. As you named in A1, I also see the two major issues
I) the user’s control over their content, especially the reach: who gets view-access to what.
II) revokeable access: once given access to content, there must be ways to revoke this.

Currently, I) is provided by service providers, but far from being sufficient. Me, friends and family, friends of friends, is pretty one-dimensional and does not fit my needs. There must be more details. Friend lists are only a second step.

II) is missing but fundamental because our brains work this way: we do forget. And because we forget, all the embarassing things we did 10 years ago, are forgotten. We are different beings now and thus, this information is outdated. One can also understand this brain feature as a natural filter. But I am no biologist. ;)
However, this might be approached technically, or by a licence which expires automatically or on demand. Imagine a CC-by-1week. I am no expert in the licences domain. Is there something appropriate or something close?

Cheers,
Alex

[1] http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_of_identities_making_machine-accessible_people_data.php

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