I don’t see the use of Data Portability. I just went to dataportability.org looking for a list of partners to see a number of sites that are using DP which will at least entice me to jump on board and change our site to be a part of the DP project.

I clicked on Users. I clicked on Developers. I clicked on Executive.

Data Portability holds no value to me or my users. If there is no large partner of the service presented with whom my users have data with that they’d like to walk away with, then what’s the strength of it all?

Why use DP when I have an option like Facebook Connect? People are actually using that.

And don’t tell me about how facebook supports DP. Because that’s like saying Honda supports Toyota.  Facebook is saying: “Your service is great! But guess what. We’re building the same thing and it actually has value. Sup Social Graph?” And then they breakdance way better then you expect.

Best thing about DP is Chris Saad. I met him. He’s cool.

Anyone got a reason to support DP? Let me know.