Do You Mind Other Social Networks Tying Into Facebook?
SodaHead News
2012/05/01 13:00:00
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Facebook isn't just about your face anymore. It's not about your friends' faces, either. The largest social network in the world has turned into a content hub that perpetually feeds users the information they want -- and feeds the world information about them in return. Of course, that's not always a good thing. A few months ago, Facebook launched internal apps for external social networking sites like Pinterest and Rotten Tomatoes, and now posts on those sites are showing up on Facebook.
It's all optional, obviously, but think about it. Facebook just bought Instragram, a free program with no revenue, for $1 billion, and much of Facebook's value is in its potential for growth. What if Instagram suddenly required a Facebook account to use? We've already seen some programs that require that. Spotify is the most notorious instance; Vevo is another. Do you mind all the the tie-ins to Facebook or is it all just a little too connected for your taste?
It's all optional, obviously, but think about it. Facebook just bought Instragram, a free program with no revenue, for $1 billion, and much of Facebook's value is in its potential for growth. What if Instagram suddenly required a Facebook account to use? We've already seen some programs that require that. Spotify is the most notorious instance; Vevo is another. Do you mind all the the tie-ins to Facebook or is it all just a little too connected for your taste?
Top Opinion
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Barefooted Nana ∞ijm♥∞AFCL 2012/05/01 16:17:43
However, I do care that they track everything I do and they do track.
Anyone that I email will come across my screen if they have a FB account. The miserable bastards even created an account for me, based on common interests and emails. The email account was an alter ego used foe another discussion board and storage.
It is big social media’s very clever way of trying to pressure you into using their websites and, thus, monopolize social networking.
But, in light of how big social media like Facebook are doing questionable things with their user's personal information and accounts and how information travels around the Internet in general, this trend of big social media tying into each other will inevitably become less about convenience and more about new threats to personal privacy in due time.
I just leave the site and don't go back.
My choice.
I like blue dragons tho:
It can be very useful at times...the internet is about communicating information, so why are we making it sound like a bad thing?
One proviso.
It has to be optional and should be some sort of prompt like "do you want this posted to..."