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On Facebook, Your "Likes" Become Ads

By Patrick   Follow   Fri, 1 Jun 2012, 12:33pm   980 views   13 comments
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/technology/so-much-for-sharing-his-like.html

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1. PockyClipsNow Follow Befriend 19 threads 1,536 comments Los Angeles, CA

   1   1:55pm Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I love targeted advertising, its awsome. People complain about it and want to 'hide their age, location, interests' WELL you are free to watch ads for feminine products when you are a dude (thats an untargeted ad). I prefer watching ads of shit I just bought on amazon, its way better!

2. T Follow Befriend 28 comments

   2   3:01pm Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I guess it shouldn't be a surprise, but what a sleazy tactic to advertise a product.

3. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (17) 785 threads 7,962 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   3   3:26pm Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Patrick says On Facebook, Your "Likes" Become Ads Well, duh! Isn't that the whole point of "Likes" on Facebook? And isn't that the whole reason there's no "Dislikes" button? It's all about pushing products.

4. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (17) 785 threads 7,962 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   4   3:28pm Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Patrick says On Facebook, Your "Likes" Become Ads What's really sad is when you "likes" something and its competitor advertises that you use that product.

5. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 416 threads 7,009 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

   5   3:49pm Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   So - don't "like" facebook. I also don't "like" being used to pay a geek a few billion dollars. Maybe I'm wrong, but it'll go the way of myspace & aol...

6. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,240 threads 6,173 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA Premium

   6   3:57pm Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Highly targeted advertising is a good thing overall, IMHO. Ads are much less annoying when they are for things that you might actually want. BUT I want to have real control over what personal info they use to target those ads. Using your "Likes" and not telling you (or telling you halfway through a 4,000 word user that agreement no one reads, same thing) is just not quite ethical.

7. jvolstad Follow Befriend (4) 1,003 threads 1,146 comments San Antonio, TX jvolstad's website

   7   4:04pm Fri 1 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Every update I get from Facebook (today) for my Android based smartphone, makes FB slower and slower. Who develops crap like this? Where are all these smart (?) kids doing development work for FB? I can put an application into INSPECT and within a couple hours, at most, tell you what the problem is and have it fixed.

8. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 416 threads 7,009 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

   8   10:02pm Sat 2 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   What I don't understand is that I'll be on some websites where my fb icon (the doggie, same as here) is there, along with a note begging for my comment. I have all that shit blocked. I'm an intensely private person - having lived through an event where I participated in a federal investigation of a nursing home where the administrator's live-in friend was guilty of abuse for 3 years running... you haven't lived until a private detective sits outside your house on a block with only 7 houses on it, waiting for you do do something they can use in their defense of the charges. I don't use my name on pretty much anything.

9. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,240 threads 6,173 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA Premium

   9   9:09am Sun 3 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Sites that have your Facebook icon are using "Facebook Connect": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_connect#Facebook_Connect Facbook Connect detects that you are logged in to Facebook and shares your info with that other website. The other website gets the benefit that you don't need to register or log in to comment, but in return, Facebook gets yet more traffic from (and info about) you. I think the only way to stop it is to log out of Facebook.

10. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 436 threads 4,261 comments Baltimore, MD

    10   8:01am Mon 4 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   SAN FRANCISCO — On Valentine’s Day, Nick Bergus came across a link to an odd product on Amazon.com: a 55-gallon barrel of ... personal lubricant. Seeing how he is in San Francisco, I wonder exactly what kind of lube it was.

11. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 436 threads 4,261 comments Baltimore, MD

    11   8:23am Mon 4 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Actual product on Amazon is here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005MR3IVO Reviews are entertaining.

12. thunderlips11 Follow Befriend (13) 61 threads 2,707 comments Premium

    12   8:38am Mon 4 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   PockyClipsNow says I love targeted advertising, its awsome. I wish it worked better. The other day I was looking for Gwar videos and got an ad for Room Fresheners. Perhaps it is oddly appropriate... zzyzzx says SAN FRANCISCO — On Valentine’s Day, Nick Bergus came across a link to an odd product on Amazon.com: a 55-gallon barrel of ... personal lubricant. Seeing how he is in San Francisco, I wonder exactly what kind of lube it was. ROTFL. "Now, in Brothel-size"

13. chemechie Follow Befriend 99 comments Wheeling, WV

    13   11:23am Mon 4 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Its a good reason to not "Like" anything on Facebook - when I first got an account, I did it a few times, but I never do it anymore - I don't want my name used to plug stuff to my friends.