Was the Facebook Open Graph product the most important development in social networking in 2010. The innovation certainly has a claim to fame in this respect. OpenGraph was announced at F8, the most recent Facebook conference for dealing with developments. Its objective was to link the web, walled gardens and any damn think that any Facebook member could potentially like (within legal constraints).
"The Web is at a really important turning point right now," Zuckerberg said. "Up until recently, the default on the Web has been that most things aren't social and most things don't use your real identity." Facebook, now, is forging its way across the Web and staking a claim to its infrastructure. Zuckerberg called the demonstrations at F8 "a taste of the future where everything can be more personalized." And, it seems, one where Facebook is the center of it all.
We have seen these alliances springing up, so that one may now get Facebook updates on Skype, Yahoo and Msn. For Zuckerberg, the underlying protocol for thsi real-time stream across all websites is the use of the Like button. Simple to use, an innocuous and incremental link that potentially deepens the ties between friends on Facebook.
However, the Facebook woodpile includes multiple jurisdictions involving privacy laws and data protection. 2010 was the year of the open graph, 2011 will be the year of signing up to share so Zuckerberg can avoid going to Jailbook.