What is the Socknet

The Socknet is a social network that the users can control.
The Socknet, like email, enables anyone with a website to be a part of the network. Any user on a Socknet provider can communicate with friends on other providers.
The Socknet, unlike email, allows providers to easily add features.
The Socknet enables the websites you already use to communicate with each other. But only if you want them to.
The Socknet uses open standards. It depends on OpenID, JSON, and XML.
The Socknet is decentralized, ensuring that security breaches are limited in scope. Most social networks keep all of their user data in the same database, so they suffer from Little Bobby Tables syndrome. On the Socknet, "SELECT * FROM users" has a short reach.
The Socknet is resilient.
The Socknet is extensible.
The Socknet is so obvious.
The Socknet is compatibility. The web is compatibility. The Internet is compatibility. Compatibility is necessary for a system to thrive.
The Socknet helps websites receive more social traffic. It does not require them to invest in a single, proprietary social network and build tools to run in someone else's system.
The Socknet lets everyone contribute to the social networking revolution.
The Socknet spreads revenue across the many Socknet providers. If anyone ever figures how to make money through a social network, everyone has the chance to make money.
The Socknet is the last social network.
The Socknet is the social network.

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