It seems there needs to be some “trade-off” for a service if we are not paying money, but increasingly it seems the “pay off” is quite large in terms of what our attention needs to put up with (particularly as now we have ads in our Twitter stream). But as someone in advertising, are you mainly concerned that blogs will get less traffic … sounds like it is a mixture of things, including portability.

Personally, I would like to see more of a CraigsList model in social media (it makes money but that is not the main focus), and add to that ownership of our content.

I tend to be more corned with the stampede of ads grabbing for my attention (at times, relevant, yes, but more “in my face” each day) when I am on social media … all just so I can communicate with friends and followers? Seems there must be a better way. My sense is likely the companies will push control and expand the ads as much as they can, until people revolt and something new is created … but appreciate your first step in this.

I am not against ads, but they need to reasonable, and I am losing my trust that the main players will hold to that.