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By: Facebook Beacon – What's All The fuss?! | MariSmith.com

Facebook Beacon – What's All The fuss?! | MariSmith.com — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:52:36 +0000

[...] Beacon concerns, like News Feed concerns of a year ago, will fade by Justin Smith [...]

By: 20071123 - Adam Crowe

20071123 - Adam Crowe — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:36:20 +0000

[...] Inside Facebook – Beacon concerns, like News Feed concerns of a year ago, will fade “The bottom line is most people want to be in their friends’ attention stream. Whether that is offline or on Facebook or off Facebook, people want their real friends to know what is going on in their lives.” True. (tags: socialnetworking facebook beacon lifestreaming socialgraph friends ambientintimacy productnarratives news attention spam) [...]

By: Inside Facebook » 2007 » December » 05

Inside Facebook » 2007 » December » 05 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:35:15 +0000

[...] I still believe that very few people outside the Techmeme Radius are likely to ever have any significant level of concern about Beacon. [...]

By: » Beacon is better, now wait and see… Marketing Conversation - New Marketing and Social Media by Abraham Harrison LLC

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:48:53 +0000

[...] in my opinion, naively, thought that this would blow over while others still praise the company in these efforts, perhaps their enthusiasm for Facebook [...]

By: Nick Buccelli

Nick Buccelli — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:54:30 +0000

There is a big difference between the mini feed controversy and the current hoopla over Beacon. Whereas the mini feed (which in my opinion is also creepy) exists primarily to share information which is mainly in the interest of the user to be shared, Beacon shares information which is entirely in the interest of marketing companies to be shared.

This is tremendous power. Abusing it to make a quick buck is distasteful and dangerous.

By: Tim Jeffries

Tim Jeffries — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:29:31 +0000

Justin

I have to disagree with you here. Beacon isn’t within the confines of Facebook. It is out there on the web and it can strike anytime.

Facebook and the retailers have partnered – without our consent – to send info to our friends and colleagues. Did we say they could join this party? No. And it is up to us to stop it. Why not make it opt-in? Then all those who you say won’t mind can show the thumbs up.

My guess is that people want control of the info they create. Period.

By: Why Facebook? Social Networking for Fun and Profits! » Blog Archive » Facebook Beacon - What’s All The fuss?!

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:41:36 +0000

[...] Beacon concerns, like News Feed concerns of a year ago, will fade by Justin Smith [...]

By: Matthew Flaschen

Matthew Flaschen — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:45:21 +0000

The reason News Feed concerns “faded”, is that Facebook changed their policy, allowing you to prevent your info from showing on News Feeds. Mark Zuckerberg said “Somehow we missed this point with News Feed and Mini-Feed and we didn’t build in the proper privacy controls right away. [...] This may sound silly, but I want to thank all of you who have written in and created groups and protested.”

Moreover, News Feeds themselves were a relatively minor issue. Only actions you took on Facebook would be published. With Beacon, actions you take anywhere can be published, unless you opt out explicitly (within the few seconds the box is on screen), for every site.

By: Facebook And The Privacy Non-Issue at Facebook Applications Reviews, Facebook Widgets, Facebook News

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:43:05 +0000

[...] set your controls to your preference or quit facebook. I choose the first option. This will most likely blow over in a short time and people will focus on important things like what to buy for [...]

By: » Facebook Beacon ins’t in the User’s interest (that means you) Marketing Conversation - New Marketing and Social Media by Abraham Harrison LLC

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:03:27 +0000

[...] Smith of Inside Facebook sees this as a rehash of an earlier bump in the road that Facebook had to deal with. That [...]