XMPP in social networks infrastructure

It seems there’s room for XMPP in regard of social services also (a quote from Social Network Portability, by Anders and David, respectively):

> I’ve suggested that I think xmpp is a
> great way to get this done, David has
> shown some very interesting work
> he’s done with XFN, there have been
> people trying to use FOAF for ages, etc.

I think XMPP is interesting, though does require infrastructure changes for large sites. (which might even be harder for smaller sites to implement). LiveJournal already provides a Jabber account for each user with a roster populated with their friends on the service.

It’s especially nice to see thoughts of applying XMPP in the infrastructure level, not just for personal messaging.

Tags: XMPP, Social Networks