Dave Morin, Facebook Senior Platform Manager

Dave Morin, senior platform manager at Facebook, has to manage many of the moving parts of the Facebook ecosystem. As profiled in our related story about the Facebook economy, the decisions he and his team make affect all the developers, marketers and advertisers who have staked the future of their business on building applications and products on top of the platform.

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But Morin is as philosophical as he is technical. He views the importance of social technologies as computing's next major iteration, on par with the personal computer and invention of the Web itself. At 28, he talks about how the younger generation's willingness to share is a special one, but that it must be managed carefully to ensure the proper privacy and security.

Here is my full interview with Morin at Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Morin talked very openly about the future of Facebook Connect, the aim of which is help Facebook users to take their identity with them across the Web. Morin also spoke of the relationship Facebook has with its developer community, one that has become tricky as he manages changes to the platform and the effect they have on their businesses.

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