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By: UPDATE: Facebook Beacon - Maybe Not SO Transparent : perkettprsuasion.com

UPDATE: Facebook Beacon - Maybe Not SO Transparent : perkettprsuasion.com — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:29:21 +0000

[...] just taken the online advertising model a bit too far. Duncan Riley of TechCrunch does a good job here of dissecting exactly what this means to users. We haven’t canceled our Facebook accounts – [...]

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Blastr.tv » Blog Archive » Blastr EPISODE 17 - Launching Macintosh GUI — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:28:24 +0000

[...] The Apple iTablet, Coming January 2008? Microsoft computer Randomly Starts Playing Classical Music Facebook Beacon tracks what you buy online 3 Leopard Apps that I’m looking forward too Google Mobile Maps pin points your location [...]

By: Tulika

Tulika — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:12:50 +0000

Facebook will be forced to allow global opt-out as users continue showing anger over invasion of their privacy

By: More Facebook Advertisers Bail From Beacon. Plus, New Concerns. teasered @ Feed UP !!

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:56:01 +0000

[...] lack of confidence from the major advertising partners Facebook launched with is coming after it revised its policy to make Beacon opt-in instead of [...]

By: More Facebook Advertisers Bail From Beacon. Plus, New Concerns. teasered @ Feed UP !!

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:56:01 +0000

[...] lack of confidence from the major advertising partners Facebook launched with is coming after it revised its policy to make Beacon opt-in instead of [...]

By: marc

marc — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:00:58 +0000

I expect to see my TechCrunch blog-post comment posted to my FB profile and in my friend’s newsfeed in 3…2….1

By: Ty

Ty — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:22:58 +0000

This is awesome! I also wanted software that would track all of my online activity and publish it to the world and, even better, make it available to adertisers and marketers. All I can say is- thank you Facebook!

By: Weldon

Weldon — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:12:51 +0000

Facebook, totally willing to sell your privacy to others. This is so annoying. Thanks for the firefox tip charles!

By: augustus

augustus — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:48:09 +0000

I think this is the right step by Facebook but I can’t see how Beacon will turn out to be a great way to monetize the site.

Facebook should probably keep experimenting with as many ways to generate revenue.

Clearly this wont bring in much revenue for Facebook (IMHO).

-Augustus

By: jay

jay — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:11:32 +0000

@16, I couldn’t agree more. As a “customer,” I’m not happy with Beacon, and if I find it irritating enough, I will quit using Facebook.

But those like chrisco @10 need to quit whining and take responsibility as a consumer. You didn’t seriously think that Facebook was some charitable initiative designed to help you keep in touch with your friends in an extremely casual manner, did you? You entered your personal information, accepted cookies, and gave FB permission to use them.

It’s a product, not a right; and nobody’s forcing you to use it.

By: Erick Schonfeld

Erick Schonfeld — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:41:29 +0000

That first pop-up toast notification on partners’ Websites was always there, at least for some partners like Epicurious. I’ve seen those before. It is the second notification on Facebook itself and the opt-out option that is new.

By: Kid Mercury's Blog

Kid Mercury's Blog — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:34:01 +0000

Facebook Beacon 2.0: What Youll See…

A commenter (named Charles) in this article on TechCrunch had this to say:

Use Firefox and download the ……

By: charles

charles — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:48:14 +0000

Use Firefox and download the “Block Site” add on [both are free]
Enter this url into the Block Site add on: facebook.com/beacon/*
with the customary http section first

This will permanently block the beacon from every functioning, anywhere.

keep rockin it Mozilla dev community

—–>

By: Josh Williams

Josh Williams — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:13:34 +0000

Wow. I still can’t people are complaining that Facebook Beacon “annoys them” until they make a decision. How about you make a decision then?

Like uh, “No, don’t send this to my profile.”

If you can’t make up your mind, you deserve to be annoyed. If you don’t want it published to your feed, tell them so. How hard is that?

If you still don’t like it… disable your friggin Facebook account. If all you horn blowers really want to make a difference, then deactivate your account. Otherwise, there is no news here. Move along please.

By: Parul Bindra

Parul Bindra — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:09:24 +0000

Is it that Facebook will modify, not spike Beacon ads??? Confusing though…Well its looking like Facebook is up for making some serious changes..Finally, if users fail to approve or decline the Facebook alert on the partner site, Facebook will no longer assume the user is agreeing by omission. Instead, they will offer another, more visible opportunity to opt-out to users on Facebook itself. If no action is taken within two days, Facebook will assume the user complies and will publish the action in the news feed.

Are they trying to catch users off guard??? Or they jst trying an explicit way to know what has happened and for them to publish.

Parul
http://www.bhopu.com

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:50:05 +0000

Luigi
sorry, what we had, but you are correct as I noted in the text, it’s never published unless you ultimately approve it to be published.

By: Luigi Montanez

Luigi Montanez — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:40:12 +0000

That second screenshot is outdated (it’s from this morning). It says in light gray underneath the title “Stories are published in two days unless you respond.” That’s now not the case (stories are never published until you respond with “Okay”).

By: EH

EH — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:38:24 +0000

This was all more a shot across the bow of the other social nets than it was an affront to the users. It was always going to be scaled back.

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:36:06 +0000

The Microsoft partnership yeilds fruit quickly!

http://fakestev...r.blogspot.com/

By: chrisco

chrisco — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:32:55 +0000

RE: “there is no global option to opt out of every Beacon affiliated program; it has to be set per program”: The drumbeat won’t stop until there IS a global opt out. The more they resist, the louder the drumbeat goes and the more negativity accrues to the Facebook brand. They are only postponing the inevitable and hurting themselves in the process. You can’t stop the beat, Facebook!

By: scott

scott — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:31:22 +0000

I wonder how much Beacon user info Microsoft will get for their $240 million investment?

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:28:29 +0000

Hey I thought Facebook was doing Michael. Duncan, how low did you have to bend?

By: John

John — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:24:19 +0000

Excellent post. Thanks Dunkan.

By: facebook privacy

facebook privacy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:14:10 +0000

Does anyone here got massive telemarketing phone calls from Facebook. They sell your info to third party.

By: Snyggast

Snyggast — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:08:27 +0000

users won’t mind sharing the clothes they just bought. so maybe give more options like show only clothing, cds, or electronic items.