"greater #control of where our information is being distributed and who it is being shared with": I'm a little torn here, because I know software is #buggy. Also, we have not the resources to protect ourselves against #attacks like e.g. !twitter or !facebook could have. see more at (1), but I think also, "nothing is secure, private". But I still recommend to go away from such big silos, and experiment with federation. be it alone from educational point good... (1) http://skilledtests.com/wiki/Blog:Observations/easier_access_of_your_data