Why Facebook will win the Internet & why that scares the shit out of me

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Post by adamhowell » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 3:31 PM UTC

Why Facebook will win the Internet & why that scares the shit out of me
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Post by hugh3 » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 4:16 PM UTC

This is enough to make me want to use a separate browser just for facebook, to make sure that facebook doesn't know anything about me that I don't consciously decide to tell it.

Hmm, startup idea: a browser designed specifically to keep facebook in its place.

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Post by SlyShy » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 4:22 PM UTC

I'm not going to be comfortable until Facebook's motto becomes "Don't be evil". ;)

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Post by Psyonic » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 4:26 PM UTC

hugh3 wrote: post #2

This is enough to make me want to use a separate browser just for facebook, to make sure that facebook doesn't know anything about me that I don't consciously decide to tell it. Hmm, startup idea: a browser designed specifically to keep facebook in its place.

There's an app for that.

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Post by noelchurchill » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 4:27 PM UTC

It’s called ad re-targeting, and it’s the most effective innovation online ads have seen in a while. And no one will be able to do it better than Facebook.

Well, Google already does it better, but Facebook might be able to catch up.

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Post by tuacker » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 4:27 PM UTC

hugh3 wrote: post #2

This is enough to make me want to use a separate browser just for facebook, to make sure that facebook doesn't know anything about me that I don't consciously decide to tell it. Hmm, startup idea: a browser designed specifically to keep facebook in its place.

I almost exclusively use FB on my iPhone (with Location turned off). It's the only way I can parse the stream while staying sane.

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Post by thwarted » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 4:30 PM UTC

hugh3 wrote: post #2

This is enough to make me want to use a separate browser just for facebook, to make sure that facebook doesn't know anything about me that I don't consciously decide to tell it. Hmm, startup idea: a browser designed specifically to keep facebook in its place.

This is called "New Incognito Window" in chrome/chromium, or a separate profile in Firefox. What would be really nice, though, is the ability to have a bookmark open in an incognito window. The separate profile in Firefox is better because it'll keep cookies between sessions so you don't need to keep logging into facebook.

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Post by toddh » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 4:32 PM UTC

The likes also feed into the advertising system, which may be obvious but I didn't read that connection. With the likes being so ubiquitous it's quite possible, given their broad reach, that Facebook will be able build a better model of your propensities than Google.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 4:32 PM UTC

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Post by SamAtt » Fri, Apr 23, 2010, 4:34 PM UTC

Unless this guy doesn't have any Credit Cards or specialty cards (Grocery, Gas, etc...) I think he's probably already in the position that he's scared Facebook will put him in. It's just not being run by Facebook.

Really what he's doing is freaking out over Facebook because they've been open about what info they're collecting. While the Grocery store tricks him with a discount and then takes all his info on the back end.