What is Digg?50 Comments
- Angelix, on 12/02/2008, -1/+52I don't want my friends to know I have a Digg account........
- jontce, on 12/02/2008, -1/+47You have 1 new Vampires invitation! Would you like to digg this momentous occasion?
- inactive, on 12/02/2008, -0/+37I don't want my diggers to think I have friends.
- ayeroxor, on 12/02/2008, -1/+35This is a HORRIBLE idea. Why would you delegate administration of your multi-site ID to a company as OPENLY INTRUSIVE as facebook?
- sishgupta, on 12/02/2008, -1/+34I will never use this =S
- chikuten, on 12/02/2008, -0/+13I'm probably just as ashamed as you are...
- locojones, on 12/02/2008, -3/+15*listens to the echo of nobody caring*
- jontce, on 12/02/2008, -2/+14G...Greg? Is that you?
- inactive, on 12/02/2008, -0/+11My friends know I have a Digg account, but they do not know my nickname... And they never will...
- dollar0dot02, on 12/02/2008, -1/+12Mom?
- Ontrackmac, on 12/02/2008, -3/+12Figg!
- Phocion55, on 12/02/2008, -0/+7This is Facebook's move to lock everyone into its services and become the Internet's central hub for online identities.
Devious. Verrrrrry devious. Looks innocent on the outside, but it has a very clear ulterior motive.
Use TRUE open standards, like OpenID, that don't have any strings attached and aren't controlled by any one party.
I'm truly disappointed in Digg for adopting Facebook Connect, but not the better established and longer existing OpenID... - rosstimson, on 12/02/2008, -0/+6This is quite a worrying prospect and indicative of the way Facebook are trying to re-brand the internet as something you access through them; much like the early years when people thought the AOL or Yahoo homepages were the internet and the ONLY way to access anything was via them.
- mkpaa, on 12/02/2008, -0/+6I don't see this as a big loss to OpenID. It is very sad Facebook didn't choose OpenID, but rather created their own very similar product.
To me the main problems with OpenID are the same as Facebook connect's. What to do if I for some (any) reason lose access to my account? What to do if someone else gains access to my account? Those remain unanswered. - DummyO, on 12/02/2008, -0/+5We could create a Facebook group condemning digg's participation in Facebook Connect. I'm sure that'll get their attention.
- Pete7872, on 12/02/2008, -3/+7Maybe I'm being naive but I don't think facebook is all that intrusive. Its open to all its customers about the data it collects, and has a boatload of privacy options. I'd rather have a company be open about getting data from its users then not let us know about it. This is just another option, and I like options.
My only concern is mkpaa's, but those are issues that we all face every day using the internet and having accounts with any web site, and I'm sure they will address it. - feliphe, on 12/02/2008, -1/+5Imagine the minifeed:
Kevin Rose just dugg and commented on: "Save anal sex with butter"
Comment: I Cant' Believe It's Not Butter! - buzzbars, on 12/02/2008, -0/+3facebook is like that cool kid at school who grew up to fast, started dating your mum and is now trying to telling you what to do....
- factoryjoe, on 12/02/2008, -0/+3Don't the same concerns apply to your email account? What if someone gains access to your email account and resets your Facebook password?
- SatNav, on 12/02/2008, -0/+3Wow, I came here to comment negatively, expecting to be in the minority. Glad to be wrong there. Then again, we are the technocracy, it's entirely possible that the great unwashed will feel differently.
- burrgrinder, on 12/02/2008, -0/+33. Wish *really* hard that all computer systems involved can't be hacked, or that an administrative person involved won't do corrupt or stupid things with that data.
- alokrsx, on 12/02/2008, -1/+3This sucks...
- martoq, on 12/02/2008, -0/+2Repressed are we?
- mkpaa, on 12/02/2008, -1/+3In several cases I would if I could.
- mkpaa, on 12/02/2008, -0/+2Well. Who is "they"? Only "they" I might count on is strong privacy and identity legislation. There is no single service, even bank or email, that would alone be a completely disastrous loss. But losing all "social" and web access at a same time because of some screw up at FB, google, yahoo, whatever would be really bad.
- originaladrian, on 12/02/2008, -1/+3i hate you facebook
you started out so innocent. Many relived you actually wanted to provide a useful service.
now ur a sorry excuse for an add ridden money maker. - hadi, on 12/02/2008, -4/+6ridiculous idea! nobody use facebook as OpenID
- stoneage, on 12/02/2008, -0/+2It hasn't happened yet. It's only been announced.
- godsdead, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1Whats all the moaning about? as a website developer, i embrace this, its a big step fordward in website standards.
- Muzztein, on 12/02/2008, -1/+2facebook is gay.
- bigox25, on 12/02/2008, -3/+4absolutely not. just no.
- Stebalien, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1Why don't they just spend the time setting up OpenID support instead of wasting it?
- OMGIAMTHEMAN, on 12/02/2008, -1/+2wait, do you have stairs in your house?
- Darkspam004, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1I guess I feel sort of special, like all of my personal information is meaningful to someone. I mean, I guess, I know that they just want to get in my pants and make a video of it and put on the internet. Then sell it to their friends and use it against me, but I do like all the attention. Maybe I can change facebook with my undying love, maybe facebook just needs someone to believe in them.
- saejinn, on 12/02/2008, -0/+14. Use Linux
5. Choose an upstanding OpenID host.
OR
4. Use Linux
5. Host your own OpenID server. - mmx2000, on 12/02/2008, -1/+2***** that *****.
- Chism336, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1This maneuver is what has set Facebook apart. Not only are they going to use the information you give them, but they are now going to be able to create even more personalized advertising to people. some may become mad at the ads, but the ability to log into multiple different accounts with the same ID will be to tempting to resist.
- inactive, on 12/02/2008, -1/+2How do I use Facebook connect on digg?
- xlr8rbmx, on 12/03/2008, -0/+0Sounds complicated, and I see a potential for privacy concerns. Facebook is definitely going against the norm by investing so much in growth as opposed to profitability given the current economy. I wonder if Facebook Connect will pay off like they anticipate...
- Airjoe, on 12/02/2008, -1/+1If the New York Times has the scoop, why not link to them?
- burrgrinder, on 12/02/2008, -1/+1What functionality do I gain by handing over all of my personal information? Privacy loss? More accurately targeted ads that I will still block? Automated annoyances sent to me by "friends"?
- ToastPop, on 04/17/2009, -1/+1The advantage over OpenID is that your login actually ties actual information about you and the relationships you have with people to provide more functionality on a website, and to interact with your Facebook profile. All OpenID does is say "Here's a website to tie with my identity, now I get to log in without making a new account." and doesn't do anything special beyond that.
- inactive, on 12/02/2008, -1/+1lame
- Zhiroc, on 12/03/2008, -0/+0I've only casually perused OpenID and other similar ideas, but the problem I see is that the big boys all wants to be the provider of the ID, and not accept another's. OK, maybe it cuts down on the number of IDs I need to manage, but it seems like you'll forever be needing to have one on Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc. etc.
- MaxstarO, on 12/02/2008, -1/+0Just like everybody is connected to everybody else somehow (remember 2 degrees of separation?), our social sites are getting connected online too - maybe not such a bad thing as it'll be easy to manage my online life. But mind you, the usual security issues still exists, social responsibility, privacy, yada yada,
- SoftStud, on 12/02/2008, -3/+2We are doomed :)
- Iaianrocks, on 12/02/2008, -2/+1Open id is way better .. ***** facebook connect in the boom
- jerecoh, on 12/02/2008, -1/+0I love the promise of the "open stack", but I can't explain it to my dad. OpenID is a bag of hurt for implementors and users.
- Baryn, on 12/02/2008, -2/+11. Write your password down.
2. Don't show it to anyone. - OBKenobi, on 12/02/2008, -11/+5I don't want those Facebook people coming here. Not to mention those Discovery.com hooligans. I don't know WTF a Hulu is, I'm going to go take a look.
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