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" Let people store their own data, and offer API endpoints giving facebook, twitter, etc access."

That is the goal of unhosted. http://unhosted.org/ I really whish their RemoteStorage protocol would gain traction.

The locker project is heading into the same direction, although with a different approach. Posting content to Facebook et al and then recollecting it into your locker. http://www.lockerproject.org/




Thank you for the shout-out! :) There also is an unhosted social network now, check it out at http://friendsunhosted.com (my username is jan@5apps.com, feel free to add me)


I'd be all over this if you'd support the Opera browser :)




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