Facebook connections: Why?

AggieMike88

AggieMike88

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What is the value (to me) for all of my frequently used web and smartphone applications to be connected to my Facebook account?

At first, it was just a few games... now it's invading everywhere. Most recently www.MyUPS.com (UPS's website) is prompting me to log in to their system using Facebook credentials.
 
Irritating and kind of creepy if you ask me.

FB is still searching for an efficient way to monetize the business. All these insidious connections will find their way into making you an advertising target in some way, shape or form.
 
Chip Sylverne said:
Irritating and kind of creepy if you ask me.

FB is still searching for an efficient way to monetize the business. All these insidious connections will find their way into making you an advertising target in some way, shape or form.
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I did a facebookectomy two years ago, don't miss it a bit.
 
I would rather have root canal with no anesthesia than open a FB account. I've already closed several accounts that started requiring the use of a FaceBook login.

-Rich
 
What is the value To YOU?
Why; look at all the new and improved advertising you will get.
You will become popular and sought after
What's not to like?

<snik>
 
The value to you is negative. To face book it is money the more times you like a sight on Facebook the more chance they have to sell you.
 
Except for Scrabble I never use my Facebook account to log into anything...most places that ask you to log in/register using your Facebook account also give you the choice to log in using the regular way.
 
AggieMike88 said:
...Most recently www.MyUPS.com (UPS's website) is prompting me to log in to their system using Facebook credentials.
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It's not that there's a significant benefit to Facebook, and there's certainly no benefit to you. UPS benefits by having access to your friends list, which becomes open to ads from UPS.

I'm really considering abandoning Facebook. Every time I open the thing, I'm looking over my shoulder for a privacy issue.

In their new policy document, Facebook disclaims any abuses by third parties:

Remember that these games, applications and websites are created and maintained by other businesses and developers who are not part of, or controlled by, Facebook, so you should always make sure to read their terms of service and privacy policies to understand how they treat your data.
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So, every time you use Facebook to log into something else, you have to take the time to read a policy which contains lots of blah-blah-blah boilerplate to hide the important stuff, and it will be in six-point font, in a tiny window which won't expand, forcing you to scroll endlessly.

I wonder, if enough of us just said no, whether this sliminess would finally be seen as unprofitable. Or, whether only those over about 50 really care or worry about such things.
 
I gotta give FB credit for one thing. They IPOed at 38 and change and are trading above 40 now. It was as low as 18-ish for a while but it looks like the strike price was pretty close to market.

http://investing.money.msn.com/investments/stock-price?symbol=US:FB&ocid=en-us_bingiaquotebtn


Of course, you couldn't get me personally on FB unless you paid me a few hundred a month, but that's beside the point. The true value is in it's value prop as an investment. Woulda, coulda, shoulda grabbed it up at 20. Darn....
 
AggieMike88 said:
What is the value (to me) for all of my frequently used web and smartphone applications to be connected to my Facebook account?

At first, it was just a few games... now it's invading everywhere. Most recently www.MyUPS.com (UPS's website) is prompting me to log in to their system using Facebook credentials.
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On Facebook because that's the only way I'm going to get a constant supply of grandkid's pictures.
 
docmirror said:
I can see where this thread is headed.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VsQHBQQ-J.../s1600/funny+cat+pictures+with+captions-4.jpg
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AggieMike88 said:
What is the value (to me) for all of my frequently used web and smartphone applications to be connected to my Facebook account?

At first, it was just a few games... now it's invading everywhere. Most recently www.MyUPS.com (UPS's website) is prompting me to log in to their system using Facebook credentials.
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The value to you is that you won't have to create log-ins for the multitude of things you log into, UPS being one of them. Obviously that's for things you have not already created an account for.

The value to Facebook is that they can see whatever you are logging into. While the NSA has to piece together meta data to dissect your life in every detail, Facebook just has to run a report :)

Cool huh?
 
PW_Plack said:
It's not that there's a significant benefit to Facebook, and there's certainly no benefit to you. UPS benefits by having access to your friends list, which becomes open to ads from UPS.

I'm really considering abandoning Facebook. Every time I open the thing, I'm looking over my shoulder for a privacy issue.

In their new policy document, Facebook disclaims any abuses by third parties:



So, every time you use Facebook to log into something else, you have to take the time to read a policy which contains lots of blah-blah-blah boilerplate to hide the important stuff, and it will be in six-point font, in a tiny window which won't expand, forcing you to scroll endlessly.

I wonder, if enough of us just said no, whether this sliminess would finally be seen as unprofitable. Or, whether only those over about 50 really care or worry about such things.
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It's a single sign-on solution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sign-on

The idea for the user is that you don't have 80 gabillion different username/passwords to remember.

Since a site figures that there's a large percentage of their visitor base already have a facebook login, they just use that instead of having the user fill out a form.
 
The mere presence of the FB logo on the page gives them the ability to track your movements across the web and how long you spend on a site. And that can be tied back to you as an individual on FB, so the can amass more data on you and use it as they see fit. Much like Google.

Adblock+ and Ghostery do a passable job of blocking that behavior.
 
So I guess I'm the only one here with a romantic relationship that started on Facebook?

What do I get from Facebook?

"Some!"
 
I remember when facebook wasn't full of old people who were always worried about facebook and what it does. Back when it was the young crowd only. Those were the days.
 
Skylane81E said:
So I guess I'm the only one here with a romantic relationship that started on Facebook?

What do I get from Facebook?

"Some!"
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Given that my wife and I have been married more than long enough to be Zuckerberg's parents, no, we didn't meet on Facebook. :D

But is sure is convenient for keeping up with high school classmates.
 
Facebook makes Internet stalking child's play. It's akin to taking the fun out of masturbation.
 
I'm going back to handwritten letters and USPS. Someone needs to save their business model.

Even thus scary PoA place publishes when I'm here and wasting time and when I'm not. It's an evil tracking website. LOL!

No one could have ever predicted problems with putting a global LAN into your home, right? Or wirelessly to your phone? :)

Everyone please send me your home address. Y'all don't have any problems with that, right? ;) ;) ;)
 
I think Waynes alias is perhaps Esteban Venture or Santiago Crisis
 
It is really not so much about FB as it is a part of OAuth (http://oauth.net/) which allows one to integrate Open Authorization into a web site, which UPS has done at this point. I haven't gone there, but they may also allow you to use your MSN, Yahoo or Google credentials to log in.

Some folks might like the opportunity to remember one set of log in credentials instead of multitudes of same.
 
EppyGA said:
Some folks might like the opportunity to remember one set of log in credentials instead of multitudes of same.
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Those people are going to be hating life when their account gets hacked. Gives access to everything and everywhere on line that folk has ever been.
 
Norman said:
I won't even click on a link that references FB.
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You click this one :lol:

I use it to get and send photos to friends, I have all the privacy cranked up so just my friends can view things, even with that I don't upload/post anything that would cause a issue if it went public.

When I log out I clear my cookies and I don't browse the web while I'm logged in, also don't use google or msn for searches, duckduckgo is the way to go as far as not being as tracked and profiled.
 
Our grandkids forced us to get a fb account so they can communicate with us.
We call them, they facebook us.
Go figure.
We put NOTHING on it, use it for nothing but catching up with what they write and telling their parents when they put up bad stuff.
 
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