Frédéric Filloux makes the argument in the MondayNote that journalists need to explain and educate to be effective. There is a pretty good mechanism for doing that — the book — but book publishing needs an upgrade to take advantage of the media cycle for journalists. I bet the Guardian can make this happen.
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From Dare Obasanjo’s post Facebook’s Open Graph Protocol from a Web Developer’s Perspective “The Open Graph Protocol is the first step in allowing Facebook users express relationships with arbitrary social objects.”