Comments on: More Facebook Advertisers Bail From Beacon. Plus, New Concerns. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:04:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: iWidgets thinks it has a way to monetize on the social nets. FriendFeed should steal it. » VentureBeat http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2381764 iWidgets thinks it has a way to monetize on the social nets. FriendFeed should steal it. » VentureBeat Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:15:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2381764 [...] it without informing you first? If so, you’ll recall that it terrified privacy advocates, chased away advertisers and proceeded to go down in a blaze of user-generated [...] [...] it without informing you first? If so, you’ll recall that it terrified privacy advocates, chased away advertisers and proceeded to go down in a blaze of user-generated [...]

]]> By: Ads-Click Introduces MicroSocialAds In Beta. Now Get Paid to Spam Your Friends on Facebook. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2301554 Ads-Click Introduces MicroSocialAds In Beta. Now Get Paid to Spam Your Friends on Facebook. Fri, 16 May 2008 19:10:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2301554 [...] the advertising frenzy by inserting targeted, contextual text ads into your Facebook page. (As if Beacon wasn’t bad enough). Every time your friends click through to that Dell laptop or natural Viagra ad, you will get paid [...] [...] the advertising frenzy by inserting targeted, contextual text ads into your Facebook page. (As if Beacon wasn’t bad enough). Every time your friends click through to that Dell laptop or natural Viagra ad, you will get paid [...]

]]> By: www.ubraniaroxy.pl » Blog Archive » MyDataIsMyData: An Anti-Facebook Beacon Plug-In That Nobody Needs http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2164566 www.ubraniaroxy.pl » Blog Archive » MyDataIsMyData: An Anti-Facebook Beacon Plug-In That Nobody Needs Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:38:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2164566 [...] Facebook Beacon controversy may not be making headlines any more, but the privacy concerns it raised still linger. According to [...] [...] Facebook Beacon controversy may not be making headlines any more, but the privacy concerns it raised still linger. According to [...]

]]> By: Coverage Online of MyDataIsMyData on TechCrunch and Mashable < Chris Abraham http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2162403 Coverage Online of MyDataIsMyData on TechCrunch and Mashable < Chris Abraham Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:07:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2162403 [...] MyDataIsMyData: An Anti-Facebook Beacon Plug-In That Nobody Needs The Facebook Beacon controversy may not be making headlines any more, but the privacy concerns it raised still linger. According to [...] [...] MyDataIsMyData: An Anti-Facebook Beacon Plug-In That Nobody Needs The Facebook Beacon controversy may not be making headlines any more, but the privacy concerns it raised still linger. According to [...]

]]> By: MyDataIsMyData: An Anti-Facebook Beacon Plug-In That Nobody Needs http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2161125 MyDataIsMyData: An Anti-Facebook Beacon Plug-In That Nobody Needs Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:22:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2161125 [...] Facebook Beacon controversy may not be making headlines any more, but the privacy concerns it raised still linger. According to [...] [...] Facebook Beacon controversy may not be making headlines any more, but the privacy concerns it raised still linger. According to [...]

]]> By: The backlash against Facebook’s Beacon advertising program : albinoalbinism http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2050849 The backlash against Facebook’s Beacon advertising program : albinoalbinism Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:34:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-2050849 [...] More Facebook Advertisers Bail From Beacon. Plus, New Concerns. – TechCrunch [...] [...] More Facebook Advertisers Bail From Beacon. Plus, New Concerns. – TechCrunch [...]

]]> By: The Year in TechCrunch Headlines (2007 Edition) http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1883631 The Year in TechCrunch Headlines (2007 Edition) Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:40:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1883631 [...] 3: More Facebook Advertisers Bail From Beacon. Plus, New Concerns. [...] [...] 3: More Facebook Advertisers Bail From Beacon. Plus, New Concerns. [...]

]]> By: Google Poaching Beacon Partners For “Universal Activity Stream” — hometown.at http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1865726 Google Poaching Beacon Partners For “Universal Activity Stream” — hometown.at Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:19:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1865726 [...] to go). But now, we’ve learned, it might be trying to incorporate parts of Facebook’s controversial Beacon program into OpenSocial. Remember, that’s the one that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to [...] [...] to go). But now, we’ve learned, it might be trying to incorporate parts of Facebook’s controversial Beacon program into OpenSocial. Remember, that’s the one that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to [...]

]]> By: NexGen Technology Blog » Zuckerberg Saves Face, Apologies For Beacon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1813277 NexGen Technology Blog » Zuckerberg Saves Face, Apologies For Beacon Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:13:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1813277 [...] heeding calls to apologize for the privacy disaster surrounding Facebook’s Beacon advertising program, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took responsibility [...] [...] heeding calls to apologize for the privacy disaster surrounding Facebook’s Beacon advertising program, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took responsibility [...]

]]> By: Your Demographics Are Your Greatest Value To A Social Network http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1811730 Your Demographics Are Your Greatest Value To A Social Network Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:08:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1811730 [...] Techcrunch is looking at the backlash that is happening and how quickly the advertisers are bailing out. [...] [...] Techcrunch is looking at the backlash that is happening and how quickly the advertisers are bailing out. [...]

]]> By: Conversational Media Marketing http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1811544 Conversational Media Marketing Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:54:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1811544 <strong>links for 12-05-07 (Facebook falling from grace)...</strong> It seems everyone is taking pokes at Facebook nowadays, including me. Not that it's undeserved considering the panoply of missteps lately. In case you're interested in following the meme, here are some links to leading voices: More Facebook Advertise... links for 12-05-07 (Facebook falling from grace)…

It seems everyone is taking pokes at Facebook nowadays, including me. Not that it’s undeserved considering the panoply of missteps lately. In case you’re interested in following the meme, here are some links to leading voices: More Facebook Advertise…

]]> By: Four (or Five!) Reasons Why » ….Facebook is the New Friendster http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1811205 Four (or Five!) Reasons Why » ….Facebook is the New Friendster Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:00:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1811205 [...] Zuckerberg and his gang are far too confident, and reluctant to admit when their wrong. Look at the strategic and public relations disaster that Beacon has become. Hailed as a new way to connect advertisers with consumers, Beacon has [...] [...] Zuckerberg and his gang are far too confident, and reluctant to admit when their wrong. Look at the strategic and public relations disaster that Beacon has become. Hailed as a new way to connect advertisers with consumers, Beacon has [...]

]]> By: Glenn Gow http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1810539 Glenn Gow Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:52:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1810539 Earth to Mark Zuckerberg, have you forgotten about your users? OK, <a>you reversed course</a> on portions of your advertising scheme, in response to user complaints. I give you credit for that. However, I think you've forgotten that you are a two-sided platform. One side is your advertisers and the other is your users. You are serving your advertisers to the detriment of your users. To win a platform war (and believe me you are in a war that will last for a very long time), you need to serve both sides. If you lose one side of the platform, you lose the other side as well. Your current advertising scheme (even with changes) is all about your advertisers. I can see no benefit to your users, only headaches. (See <a>Facebook's Social Ad Experiment</a>) If you continue down this path of making life more difficult for your users, they will go somewhere else (do you remember <a>Friendster</a>? Do you know what <a>Ning</a> is?) Earth to Mark Zuckerberg, have you forgotten about your users? OK, you reversed course on portions of your advertising scheme, in response to user complaints. I give you credit for that. However, I think you’ve forgotten that you are a two-sided platform. One side is your advertisers and the other is your users. You are serving your advertisers to the detriment of your users. To win a platform war (and believe me you are in a war that will last for a very long time), you need to serve both sides. If you lose one side of the platform, you lose the other side as well.
Your current advertising scheme (even with changes) is all about your advertisers. I can see no benefit to your users, only headaches. (See Facebook’s Social Ad Experiment)
If you continue down this path of making life more difficult for your users, they will go somewhere else (do you remember Friendster? Do you know what Ning is?)

]]> By: John Minnihan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1810237 John Minnihan Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:08:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1810237 Beacon can easily (for now) be blocked. Apparently, all the javascript that controls this is located behind a common URL: facebook.com/beacon Using a URL-blocker with that in a rule should do the trick. Here’s where I learned about this: http://tinyurl.com/2xjak6 Beacon can easily (for now) be blocked. Apparently, all the javascript that controls this is located behind a common URL: facebook.com/beacon

Using a URL-blocker with that in a rule should do the trick. Here’s where I learned about this: http://tinyurl.com/2xjak6

]]> By: Ree Tanjuatco http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1810073 Ree Tanjuatco Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:10:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1810073 Back Off Facebook. DON'T Be Evil... Back Off Facebook. DON’T Be Evil…

]]> By: Lars Fischer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1809704 Lars Fischer Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:30:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1809704 So what? FaceCrunch has jumped the shark! So what? FaceCrunch has jumped the shark!

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1808520 Steve Ballmer Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:11:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1808520 They are all wrong! TC needs to stop all this negative spin! They are all wrong! TC needs to stop all this negative spin!

]]> By: Bob http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1808311 Bob Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:40:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1808311 It boils down to trust. Facebook has asked users to suspend their privacy concerns and trust them, but that Facebook has violated their trust. To get it back they are going to have to take measures to protect user privacy. It boils down to trust. Facebook has asked users to suspend their privacy concerns and trust them, but that Facebook has violated their trust. To get it back they are going to have to take measures to protect user privacy.

]]> By: Parul Bindra http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1808274 Parul Bindra Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:22:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1808274 Looks like things are going horribly wrong for Facebook. This is unbelievable. So Facebook decided to switch their program in a very significant manner - one that would effect their users and partners - and decided to tell no one. Including companies like Coca Cola, who I’m sure spent a great deal of time hammering out this deal with Facebook. How stupid could the people at Facebook be? They could have major law suits on their hands. And not from an irate user but from a major corporation. If Facebook is willing to change their operational agreements without telling their partners, willing will they be to change their agreements with their users without telling us? If Facebook is that incompetent in handling their operational structure, then how incompetent will they be in handling the data and info they receive about us? Parul www.bhopu.com Looks like things are going horribly wrong for Facebook. This is unbelievable. So Facebook decided to switch their program in a very significant manner - one that would effect their users and partners - and decided to tell no one. Including companies like Coca Cola, who I’m sure spent a great deal of time hammering out this deal with Facebook. How stupid could the people at Facebook be? They could have major law suits on their hands. And not from an irate user but from a major corporation. If Facebook is willing to change their operational agreements without telling their partners, willing will they be to change their agreements with their users without telling us? If Facebook is that incompetent in handling their operational structure, then how incompetent will they be in handling the data and info they receive about us?

Parul
http://www.bhopu.com

]]> By: AEP528 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1808272 AEP528 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:21:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1808272 Wait, isn't eBay a Beacon partner? Does that mean information about *EVERY* eBay sale is being transmitted to Facebook? Okay, guess I'm not using eBay any more. Wait, isn’t eBay a Beacon partner? Does that mean information about *EVERY* eBay sale is being transmitted to Facebook? Okay, guess I’m not using eBay any more.

]]> By: Mark Mayhew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1807797 Mark Mayhew Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:53:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1807797 #25, Johnny B Good: ROFLMAO! #25, Johnny B Good:
ROFLMAO!

]]> By: Patrick http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1807610 Patrick Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:50:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1807610 John Battelle came to our class at Berkeley today and we talked about Beacon. You can hear the conversation here: http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i141/f07/schedule.html Scroll down to December 3rd. @31 ki Thanks for the positive feedback John Battelle came to our class at Berkeley today and we talked about Beacon. You can hear the conversation here:

http://courses.ischool.berkele.....edule.html

Scroll down to December 3rd.

@31 ki Thanks for the positive feedback

]]> By: toad http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1807579 toad Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:09:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1807579 i jsut want to know, has anyone heard a good thing about beacon? i jsut want to know, has anyone heard a good thing about beacon?

]]> By: Alex http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1807578 Alex Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:09:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1807578 'cmon, people! Everybody should be interested in what panties his facebook girl 'friend' has just bought from Victoria Secrets! Everybody want's to know what Airline ticket MA got. It's so... 'interesting'... it's so... del.icio.us :) Kidding. But it's really just about instant disgust everybody feels witnessing a picture of burglar going though his/her dirty laundry bin. Bigbrotherbook.com just doesn't have his understanding, that's it. Stupid. And nothing more. Nothing to talk about. ‘cmon, people! Everybody should be interested in what panties his facebook girl ‘friend’ has just bought from Victoria Secrets! Everybody want’s to know what Airline ticket MA got. It’s so… ‘interesting’… it’s so… del.icio.us :)

Kidding. But it’s really just about instant disgust everybody feels witnessing a picture of burglar going though his/her dirty laundry bin. Bigbrotherbook.com just doesn’t have his understanding, that’s it. Stupid. And nothing more. Nothing to talk about.

]]> By: Marc http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1807557 Marc Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:48:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/03/more-facebook-advertisers-bail-from-beacon-plus-new-concerns/#comment-1807557 Jackass should of sold to Yahoo when he had the offer. Doesnt he realize that overnight all it takes is someone new and better to come along. It's not like he developed something that nobody else can create. Jackass should of sold to Yahoo when he had the offer. Doesnt he realize that overnight all it takes is someone new and better to come along. It’s not like he developed something that nobody else can create.

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