But JimRob does not allow us to put js in a post, why does he trust FB to insert js?
And if FB changes their like button code to do something bad JimRob can yank the link.
Really? And he's monitoring what they do with it, and that the js code isn't possible to change or be served different for requests from fr??
FB (and twitter, and digg) like buttons are all over the internet, if you go anywhere you’re probably getting them. No reason to freak out about them here
Yes. And they all report in the referencing page. Do you really think the fb people are always going to treat traffic from FR the same way they treat visits from TMZ?
I'm just responding to people on here who say "if you don't like it, don't click it."
If you have javascript enabled, then you are "clicking on facebook" just by loading any page now.
FR was not broke. No need to fix it. Just sayin!
then you are “clicking on facebook” just by loading any page now.
According to the code I saw, it required you to click it to run the script.
No offense, but if anyone is this concerned about privacy that even a facebook ‘like’ button makes them afraid, they shouldn’t be on the internet period.
Have you ever heard of a company called Acxiom? I’ve been to the data center and have hired many of their employees (and they’ve hired out from under me, kind of a little competitive game). If you knew the kind of data they have on you, you would freak out. Ever person in this country has a marketing profile based on sites you visit, things you buy, catalogs you receive, and what you read. They can predict exactly what you will buy, when you will buy it, and from whom. This data isn’t collected from facebook ‘like’ buttons, simply banner ads, shopper cards, and purchasing history builds these profiles on you.
You can’t hide from the system unless you cut off your internet service and hide in the mountains- so instead, use it to your advantage.
And as I even read your reply, I sse my ‘puter is stuck trying to load.....
www.facebook.com/plugins..........
I don’t like it.
> “FR was not broke. No need to fix it.”
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What you seem to be missing is the stated purpose of FR.
Using the “Like” allows us to spread FR’s influence exponentially farther.
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We don’t get to put in js code because there’s a whole bunch of us and policing it would be a nightmare. FB isn’t actually inserting js code, JimRob is including FB’s js code. There’s a very important difference.
It pretty easy to monitor. As you yourself demonstrated, any web browser that will let you view the source will give you the js link to FB’s code, click on that and walla. Also this kind of thing get’s around, if FB changes that link code in a nefarious way the internet WILL notice and WILL complain, like every other time FB has tweaked things in an annoying way. And most of those times FReepers post those stories, so JimRob doesn’t even need to monitor FB’s js code, he can just pay attention to his own board and see if there’s a story about FB changing the code.
There’s no reason for FB to treat FR traffic any differently than TMZ. Links is links and FB knows that the more places that link into them the more of a hub they become and the more they get “sticky eyes” (people staying on the site longer) and the more views their ads get and the more money those advertisers pay. It’s in FB’s best interest to treat all link-ins equally. And if there’s one thing the people at FB have shown a fondness for it’s their own best interest.
FR was broke actually. There’s a large and massive social networking world out there with hundreds of millions of users (FB reports 500 million all by themselves). And a lot of what they’re doing is the kind of news story distribution we do here on FR. FR was isolated from all that and risked losing pertinence. You can tell by how long the fund raiser took that FR is not quite the power house it once was. A bit of new blood and improved visibility could help that. They were playing with RSS feeds not that long ago, they should add tweet and digg capabilities. Gotta stay modern, the internet is no place to go Luddite.
And if it really bugs you that much disable java. Walla, all gone.