oh... it could be worse Spock.com is a search engine that is predicated somewhat on the unity of identity of people. It ties in as much of your publicly available info as it can into a profile:) On Jul 8, 2007, at 5:59 PM, Barry Wellman wrote:
When Google aggregates different social software types, how is it going to handle the different amounts/kinds of disclosure that the different softwares now permit/forbid. Will it encompass Business software such as Visible Path, Linked In or (cursed be its name), Plaxo.
Barry Wellman
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