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- theuniversal, on 11/08/2007, -14/+68Facebook will slit its own throat with this plan. Users will abandon facebook for the first decent no-in-your-face-ads alternative that comes along.
- BigEasy, on 11/08/2007, -4/+40Johnny Fratboy and Jane Drunkenwhore, still the principle userbase of Facebook, will be too lazy to switch networks.
- Laughto, on 11/08/2007, -2/+27http://blog.facebook.com/?ref=nf
"Facebook will always stay clutter-free and clean.
Facebook will never sell any of your information.
You will always have control over your information and your Facebook experience.
You will not see any more ads than you did before this."
I'm not worried. - Bawk, on 11/08/2007, -2/+25Does this mean I get to be friends with Snuggle again?
- simonpainter, on 11/08/2007, -6/+28And all of a sudden Facebook becomes as bad as myspace. Time to leave I think.
- Brian48216, on 11/07/2007, -1/+23A difference is that this is still an optional thing, and I'd like to believe that facebook's adverts are far less intrusive and gaudy then say, myspace.
And judging by how stupid people will always exist...it will be a spectacular success. - rjprux, on 11/08/2007, -6/+25Anyone else think this is a terrible idea?
- ColorBlind, on 11/08/2007, -5/+20*Thinks in the spoiled 14 year old girl point-of-view"
SWEET! Now I can decorate my facebook page and show people all the expensive things they dont have that I do. - billblaskey, on 11/07/2007, -1/+16This was the intent from the start. Don't you see the only reason facebook exists? For YOU to be bought and sold as part of a demographic to be marketed to with extreme ease. You might be thinking: Buh! Buh! Its better than Myspace!!
Thats just denial. - zyl0x, on 11/08/2007, -1/+15Sweet! Now I can finally show everyone on the internet what a worthless corporate whore I am!
- ToastPop, on 04/17/2009, -6/+20This really isn't that in-your-face, you are voluntarily deciding whether you want to help advertise these things or not, as are your friends whose profiles you will be viewing.
Facebook is still an amazing platform, people aren't just going to leave over something like this. - pulsifier, on 11/08/2007, -6/+19serious question here... is any one else sick of facebook? or at least hearing about it constantly?
- billblaskey, on 11/07/2007, -0/+11Here's an idea. Just leave.
- CoreyP319, on 11/07/2007, -0/+11The straw that broke the camel's back? Really? People bitched uproariously about the news feed and now many of them cant live without it.
The real question is how obnoxious these ads are going to be. - tuxidomasx, on 11/07/2007, -0/+10so they entice you to add an app to see what its about by acting like it has some significance to you
"Bill Smith donated a COKE BOTTLE to you. Add this APP to see it!"
then once you add it, they assume you're a fan of this product (although chances are you were just curious to see what Bill Smith donated so you compulsively added an app)
And now all your friends get updated status messages that you like Coke products. thats so lame.
if i would laugh at my friend for wearing an "I Love Coca-Cola" shirt, then naturally, I'd laugh at them for being an endorser for Coke on the internet.
"Tuxidiomasx is a fan of Little Debbie Snacks"
oh yea imma get all the ladies with that one. - aliengoods, on 11/07/2007, -0/+9We've always got Myspace /sarcasm
- cash0utcurse, on 11/07/2007, -0/+9hello 3 friends.
- hyphen8ted, on 11/08/2007, -0/+8Facebook jumps the shark.
- Bostocks, on 11/08/2007, -1/+9People are already doing this, joining groups for xbox360, diggnation or BMW. Facebook is just trying to cash in on it.
- jordshine, on 11/07/2007, -1/+9I've been waiting to show my support for "Summer's Eve Medicated Douche" -- thanks Fadison Avenue!
- AROZ, on 11/07/2007, -0/+7Welcome to the internet.
- maddhopps, on 11/07/2007, -0/+7Finally, a chance to proclaim my love for Huggies!
- totorototoro, on 11/08/2007, -0/+6Basically, Facebook is spreading their legs to spammers, "viral marketers", and astroturfers full time. Under the guise of "its just your friends recommending good stuff", they are setting up any social contact you make as just another telemarketer trying to sell you something.
Welcome to the Facebook Social™ :p - Enfilade, on 11/07/2007, -1/+7This is going to be a disaster and prove once again that internet ads don't work. People hate having ads jammed down their throat, whether it be in the form of annoying pop-ups or stupid messages like these that will interfere with the real content.
There was an article in Business Week recently that featured an ad exec lamenting that only .04% of people clicked his company's banner ad. Not even 1%. Companies don't seem to realize that people are not stupid and will just ignore their ads. This is especially true for the younger, more tech-savvy demographic that uses facebook. People will revolt against this just like they did the news feed and exodus to a networking site that doesn't jam ads down their throat... yet. - cleverhanz, on 11/07/2007, -2/+8I am.
- inactive, on 11/07/2007, -0/+5nope. wait, will there be AMD/Intel pages..?
- inactive, on 11/07/2007, -3/+8n summary: facebook is allowing users to be fans of various products, bands, websites, etc. and list them in their profile. Using the news feed facebook will show me advertisements as if my friend has endorsed a product (without getting paid to do so). I agree with facebook that I will be more likely to check out a new item if my friend tells me it is cool but my worry is that people are completely selling themselves over to advertising. It is bad enough that we wear T shirts that sell companies but we no do so on the internet for pure corporate benefit.
- sovereign3, on 11/07/2007, -1/+6I agree. I remember when mini-feeds first came out everyone was against it and people said there'd be a backlash. I even joined in on the backlash, but it seems that has boiled over. What will makes this work --just as the mini-feeds -- is that it is an opt-in service. You don't have to participate to use FB.
- negativefx, on 11/07/2007, -0/+5Yeah, i doubt that theuniversal. Who wants to start up their profile all over again on another system? They'd lose all their zombie and pirate experience points!
- AndrewMB, on 11/07/2007, -2/+6If this happens, is anyone even going to participate?
- Mjeacoma, on 11/07/2007, -0/+4They are basically saying - Yes yes yes we know we make a lot of money already with advertising but we could make so much more if we just think of a clever way to trick people into FUN advertisements...
This remind me of a guy we all know who says - Yeah, Find a hot girl, put a live cam and get like $60 a month from a million users - it's easy...It's unrealistic and impossible to do this without it feeling bombarded with ads....welcome to the END of Facebook
I will happily join the next Social Network since all it takes is a username and email....and it will probably be better.... - maexus, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4There is a digg product page with fans listed.
- bacon_skoda, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4solution: don't add many friends.
I only have enemies on my list.
I'm told to keep them close. - EllisAshbrook, on 11/07/2007, -0/+4I think they're in my friends lists on myspace!
- houndeyex, on 11/07/2007, -2/+6Factual statement and appropriate names, btw.
- lbergerson, on 11/12/2007, -3/+7This is so Idiocracy.
- AROZ, on 11/07/2007, -1/+4Judging by the lame stuff that many people are currently participating in, yes. They can and will go lower than this.
- RonBurgundy76, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3I knew you were gonna say that.
- davewalden, on 11/07/2007, -1/+4Yep... I can predict that my Facebook account will be closed if this goes live.
- Howard03, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3Why don't we get together and start a user-owned social network where we'd get paid all these millions of dollars for ads? Really.
- Genjeta, on 11/12/2007, -1/+4...why do you post this, when theres clearly several comments before yours, that clearly express their dismay/hate for this action taken by facebook.
- billblaskey, on 11/07/2007, -1/+4Hmm, and why would someone make such a site? Perhaps to make money? Its marketing 101 (actually I don't know, never took a marketing class, but this makes sense to me), get a group of people, find somewhere they frequent (or make a place that they will frequent), inundate them with your *****, eventually someone will buy it. It's like spam, only you don't see it that way because you choose to subject yourself to it.
- sovereign3, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3That's sounds more like a MySpace page.
- appetite, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3'Leech off another site'. Facebook needs to support a $15billion valuation. It's its own fault that it has to destroy its user experience to make a profit. The real use of the site could be achieve with a hell of a lot less than $300m investment and 250 employees. I'm not saying it needs to be a Craigslist, but I think any new entrepreneur can learn from that model. Some things just aren't meant to be billion dollar companies unless you're willing to exploit people's privacy and ignorance. Facebook deserves criticism for its anti-user ambition.
- shadowblade989, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3Facebook needs a digg style option for everything.
Rather than having to join a group for example, you could just digg it.
Rather than opting just not to support Sony, you could bury it into the ground.
I can see it now "Sony: -6884993 diggs" - DeeBlackthorne, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3Honestly, getting bombarded with way too many inane updates/likes/walls/pokes was what drove me batshiat crazy about Facebook in the first place. Even trying to control my settings and reduce them down to parctically nil still made all the apps and such seem totally obtrusive. So, now, you gotta deal with all that crap PLUS ads. I don't care if a friend trusts a product; I'd rather do my own research or look up something kinda reputable like Epinions.com if I need to. I don't need some ***** endorsing Natty Light for cryin' out loud.
- SinisterBunni, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3DOH!! Double submission, I feel like I am a Mexican wrestler...
- Laughto, on 11/07/2007, -1/+4Digg is a breeding ground for predictable reactionary responses huh
- jollyholly, on 11/07/2007, -6/+9Facebook has reached a critical mass. They have to make money somehow. But for Facebook users, this could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
- cmccool, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3just want to say that i wasn't a big fan of the "news feeds" on facebook, and it's no surprise that i am not interested in getting marketed to either.
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