Microsoft has partnered with some of the world’s top social networks on contact data portability. Starting today, we will be working with Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Tagged and LinkedIn to exchange functionally-similar Contacts APIs, allowing us to create a safe, secure two-way street for users to move their relationships between our respective services. Along with these collaborations, Microsoft is introducing a new website at www.invite2messenger.net that people can visit to invite their friends from our partner social networks to join their Windows Live Messenger contact list.

It think this is a big step forward for ‘us’, because we can make the transfer of contact data more controlable and thus more safe. The involved websites also agreed to no longer screenscrape all your contacts whenever you sign up, which actually prevents you of accidentally inviting a bunch of people you didn’t really want to invite. And that means I get less spam. Isn’t that just lovely?

Check out Invite2Messenger

For more info and screenshots, check out the Angus Logan blog.

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