SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: Social networking begins to open

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In this article

  • Opening social networks
  • Opening internet friendship
  • Liberating users
  • Streamlining software development
  • Exposing targeted advertising
  • Counter currents
  • User privacy
  • Walled gardens' appeal
  • Virtual worlds' growth
  • Outlook

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