Comments on: Why Do We Love to Hate Facebook?

By: Matthew Edmunds

Matthew Edmunds — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:17:09 +0000

I thought this discussion was about Marketing professionals?
You all seem to be missing the big picture.
The question posed by Lewis was: I wonder, why all this sudden attention?
Well guys come on!! It means that the Facebook marketing team are doing a stellar job at arousing interest in their product and getting tons and tons of FREE ink
people are talking about the product, what could be better than that.
Kudos to face Book!.
Matthew

By: david

david — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:48:30 +0000

your time magazine link doesn’t work.

By: Lewis Green

Lewis Green — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:42:51 +0000

Cam,
We are voicing concerns today, but not to Facebook. I think that in addition to blogging and commenting about Facebook, we owe it to them and to ourselves to communicate directly with them. It just seems the fair and right thing to do.

By: Cam Beck

Cam Beck — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:00:20 +0000

Lewis – I think we do have a responsibility to voice our concerns — not just for Facebook, but for anyone else who is interested in delivering relevant advertising to consumers.
But that’s what we’re doing in the course of this and other conversations across the blogosphere, isn’t it?
If they don’t respond adequately, people can decide for themselves how they respond.

By: Lewis Green

Lewis Green — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:56:54 +0000

Cam and Paul,
Good points! What responsibility do Facebook users have when they become members and users? If we really despise the opt-out, shouldn’t we end our affiliation with Facebook and send them an e-mail saying why we are leaving? Do we have any responsibility to ourselves and to Facebook to speak directly with them about our concerns?

By: Paul Barsch

Paul Barsch — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:33:22 +0000

Lewis, I agree with Cam. The mechanism for opt-out just doesn’t work for me. I also think people are torked their free lunch is over.

By: Cam Beck

Cam Beck — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:25:10 +0000

For my part, Lewis, it is just the way information about the user is published without the user’s permission. There is an opt-out, apparently, but the window of opportunity to opt out is very short.
From the AP: “Facebook users who make purchases at sites participating in the program have just 20 seconds in which to opt out of having that information published. That’s because the opt-out mechanism consisted of a small pop-up that vanishes 20 seconds after it appeared. After the window disappears, so does the user’s chance to opt out.”
Opt-out is always bad, but sharing private information with third parties in this manner is unacceptable in my book.