Open Face
As I have posted earlier I have no love for FaceBook. So it is sort of antithetical that I offer the solution to FB's privacy issues.
According to the WSJ's informal survey some 60+% of FB users would not like their friends to automatically be notified if they bought Prada or tickets to see Lion King. Ok, the answer is simple.
FB users should be notified that X number of their friends have bought the latest Stephen King thriller. Then privacy is maintained. No specific user is named. But the endorsement is implicit. AND the unknown aspect of X will only server to create a greater conversation (reads more FB traffic = more FB revenue.)
Somebody over at FB owes me a nice fat check!
I really don't understand the complaints. If people don't want these specific pieces of information shared with their FB friends, then they don't install the applications that make the sharing possible. The type of information you refer to is never shared by default - one has to add applications specifically designed to share it. Even your basic profile information can be hidden... or just not entered in the first place.
ReplyDeletehttp://blog.labnotes.org/2007/11/30/rounded-corners-169-all-your-___-belongs-to-us/
ReplyDeleteCollected. Full write up on the Beacon and how to avoid it. Contrary to what Om gleamed from their well crafted press release, Facebook still collects the data. Every time you hit a partner site. That’s the nature of their Beacon protocol: collect first, ask for forgiveness later.What they let you opt-out of is presenting that data in your mini-feed. You don’t have to share it with friends, but you do have to share it with Facebook.