Just in case the point of my last message was lost in my introduction: how about having a PR person working for a group supporting all the open social network projects instead of for only one of them? Might this not do more to further the cause?
That said, brainstorming a little- how about an alliance of some sort where those working on related projects could pool ideas and resources? I see that this list seems to be at least one informal point of contact between some projects. Is there any value in making something more official and getting more development teams involved? I think this might be useful because I think what we are ultimately working on is an infrastructure- not a web service, not an application, but something basic like the World Wide Web. An alliance of people joining together to build the Social Network could discuss underlying principles, share ideas, and work out how the various pieces people are working on might interact. It could also have a PR arm working to raise awareness of the idea and attract developers and financial support. If someone were to be hired they might work for an organization like this. Brad
