Comments on: Discussion Post:: A Slap in the Facebook http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2007/12/02/discussion-post-a-slap-in-the-facebook/ Medical Library Association Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Bart Ragon http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2007/12/02/discussion-post-a-slap-in-the-facebook/#comment-2095 Bart Ragon Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:44:55 +0000 http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2007/12/02/discussion-post-a-slap-in-the-facebook/#comment-2095 Thanks Marcus. I agree that we should expect Facebook to try and make money off of us. The trick is to find a way to make money that will not drive off consumers. I'm not a 'business' person, but I think that there is a social contract between consumers and producers of goods. Facebook is allowed to make money to the extent that the consumers accept Facebook's methods. It’s interesting, earlier this year there was a big protest when Facebook began publishing user’s mini-feeds. Users complained but Facebook held its ground. Clearly Beacon violated this social contract and I think Facebook knew it. Thanks Marcus. I agree that we should expect Facebook to try and make money off of us. The trick is to find a way to make money that will not drive off consumers. I’m not a ‘business’ person, but I think that there is a social contract between consumers and producers of goods. Facebook is allowed to make money to the extent that the consumers accept Facebook’s methods.

It’s interesting, earlier this year there was a big protest when Facebook began publishing user’s mini-feeds. Users complained but Facebook held its ground. Clearly Beacon violated this social contract and I think Facebook knew it.

]]> By: Marcus Banks http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2007/12/02/discussion-post-a-slap-in-the-facebook/#comment-2072 Marcus Banks Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:02:16 +0000 http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2007/12/02/discussion-post-a-slap-in-the-facebook/#comment-2072 Facebook could have avoided some grief by announcing that they were going to launch Beacon in advance, rather than doing it stealthily. And the opt-in policy should have been the default from the beginning. In general, though, we shouldn't be surprised that free services like Facebook will seek multiple revenue streams. Online ads may not be enough to keep social networking sites afloat. Facebook could have avoided some grief by announcing that they were going to launch Beacon in advance, rather than doing it stealthily. And the opt-in policy should have been the default from the beginning.

In general, though, we shouldn’t be surprised that free services like Facebook will seek multiple revenue streams. Online ads may not be enough to keep social networking sites afloat.

]]> By: MLA groups on Facebook at MLA-Phil http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2007/12/02/discussion-post-a-slap-in-the-facebook/#comment-2028 MLA groups on Facebook at MLA-Phil Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:10:12 +0000 http://sns.mlanet.org/blog/2007/12/02/discussion-post-a-slap-in-the-facebook/#comment-2028 [...] Ragon sums up the recent push back from Facebook users over privacy concerns. And–for once you’re done pondering the implications and ready to log back in–he [...] [...] Ragon sums up the recent push back from Facebook users over privacy concerns. And–for once you’re done pondering the implications and ready to log back in–he [...]

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