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The catalyst

Not surprisingly, Facebook’s Open Graph has raised a series of complaints about lack of objective “openness” in the whole project.

After all, Facebook technically owns the protocol, the data, the access. But on the other hand, they’re giving the web a gift—a new understanding of the relationships not just between linked pages (like Google) but of the relationships between people who use those pages.

As TechCrunch’s MG Siegler reported, “Grab the popcorn. There is a serious nerd fight brewing.”