Looking through the online material involving OpenSocial, I'm still on the fence as to whether Google's latest venture will dominize the social networking world and annihilate Facebook. Facebook is surviving by its fanbase who remain true to their social and now exclusive circle.
I am not a fan of Facebook (never have been). I came into the social network world by way of MySpace. I'm attracted to simple applications that don't involve too much time to operate. OpenSocial appears to be the answer for those like me who don't want to make a career out of being involved in social networking. With the open platform, it seems like the social networks are banding against Facebook's intentional domination over social networking just as Google dominated the search engine platform. Google is trying to regain strength with the help of Digg, Twitter, and such sites to overpower Facebook in a final attempt.
Facebook's strategy of remaining closed off answers the privacy issue that Google thinks will work itself out. The plan could possibly backfire and drive users towards Facebook for its exclusive atmosphere. Google might expose too much information, but in the broader sense I think the two will share the playing field. Facebook has such a built reputation that it has already solidified its users. Google's new OpenSocial will cater to those who have rejected Facebook. Techcrunch clarified the OpenSocial agenda much clearer for me.
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