Comments on: Facebook’s New World http://fstutzman.com/2007/12/05/facebooks-new-world/ Thoughts about information, social networks, and privacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Buster http://fstutzman.com/2007/12/05/facebooks-new-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 Buster Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:35:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=533#comment-1045 The apology does not appear to have been part of a thoroughgoing reform of the harm being done. For appropriate technical detail --> http://community.ca.com/blogs/securityadvisor/archive/2007/11/29/facebook-s-misrepresentation-of-beacon-s-threat-to-privacy-tracking-users-who-opt-out-or-are-not-logged-in.aspx#comments<br/><br/>Nor was advent of the Beacon simply a miscalculation. It is such a complex product that it would logically have been a part of the product strategy from the outset. <br/>Had users been told they were being invited to develop friendship graphs for the purpose of harvest and sale, who would have signed up? The apology does not appear to have been part of a thoroughgoing reform of the harm being done. For appropriate technical detail –> http://community.ca.com/blogs/securityadvisor/archive/2007/11/29/facebook-s-misrepresentation-of-beacon-s-threat-to-privacy-tracking-users-who-opt-out-or-are-not-logged-in.aspx#comments

Nor was advent of the Beacon simply a miscalculation. It is such a complex product that it would logically have been a part of the product strategy from the outset.
Had users been told they were being invited to develop friendship graphs for the purpose of harvest and sale, who would have signed up?

]]> By: Nancy Baym http://fstutzman.com/2007/12/05/facebooks-new-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Nancy Baym Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:48:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=533#comment-1044 Great analysis. I have been thinking that with any understanding of the social issues at stake in presenting identities, they could have foreseen that this would not sit well. But your point that they were banking on people not even knowing about it is ... even more disturbing. Great analysis. I have been thinking that with any understanding of the social issues at stake in presenting identities, they could have foreseen that this would not sit well. But your point that they were banking on people not even knowing about it is … even more disturbing.

]]> By: Bertil http://fstutzman.com/2007/12/05/facebooks-new-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 Bertil Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:35:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=533#comment-1043 Fantastic post as usual.<br/>Maybe MoveOn would have had a larger impact if someone used Beacon to sell a product called "Anti-Beacon Device - Stop Facebook from Spying you" —— maybe you are right and we shouldn't make too much comparison between the two fiascos: the company changed a lot. Maybe 02138.com's hard-line explain some of it, too. More importantly, I'm glad once again, apologizing is a key corporate capability. Fantastic post as usual.
Maybe MoveOn would have had a larger impact if someone used Beacon to sell a product called “Anti-Beacon Device – Stop Facebook from Spying you” —— maybe you are right and we shouldn’t make too much comparison between the two fiascos: the company changed a lot. Maybe 02138.com’s hard-line explain some of it, too. More importantly, I’m glad once again, apologizing is a key corporate capability.

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