SXSW 2005: How to Leverage Decentralized Social Networks

I really enjoyed this panel (Jonas’ and Danah’s presentations were particularly interesting), and I liked that they actually brought up how retarded the ‘lets throw the data out there’ mentality is. Obviously there’s a real dichotomy going on w/ decentralization. How do you mine what’s already there to create useful services, and two, how do you deal with all that’s out there? At some point, I should go back and fill out some notes with all the thoughts triggered from the various stuff tossed out, but for now I’m tired of typing.