Comments on: Facebook’s gamble is, to be kind, sinister

by: David Gillespie

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:03:04 +0000

I completely agree that it is a bad turn of events, I am simply surprised that it has not already happened.

Sharing your information with ‘trusted third parties’ is not new in the marketing world. Perhaps data mining to this level of intimacy is. I’m completely against it and hope that they are dissuaded some how.

by: Terry

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:20:20 +0000

David, I agree with your assumption about social networking, but Facebook is changing the rules by using my data elsewhere. It’s like revealing parts of your life at a dinner party with friends, only to find they’ve shared them with others and so on. Follow the dots. This is not a good turn of events.

by: David Gillespie

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:47:16 +0000

To be frank, I’m surprised this is not already in place. I had always assumed that the purpose of social networking sites was so that they could mine intimate data and use it for advertising purposes.

I would be amazed if this turn of events upset the user base to a degree that a change was effected. Consent on that front is well manufactured.

by: Jeremiah Owyang

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:07:48 +0000

I’m not sure I’d go as far as to claim it’s evil, the deal makes complete sense to them. Let me know if they respond to you (email), I’d be surprised.

Thanks for the conversation.