UPDATE: More details are emerging from the profound privacy and marketing changes being introduced by Facebook.
I have added a link set of related articles at the bottom of this post to illuminate what is happening with these changes. That list of articles will update as I do more reporting.
What is not to ‘like’ about the new Facebook?
This is the ‘Like button” that you will now see on all of your fave Web sites.
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Go ahead and click on it and then go to Facebook and check your profile.
Facebook tells developers that the ‘Like’ button will add their Web site to people’s profiles.
This is the new button you will see everywhere on the Web.
What was revealed today was that Facebook wants to be everywhere you go and collect rich data about your preferences. This cute little button unlocks a new Pandora’s box of privacy concerns.
What Facebook's revised terms of use mean for your content
“You are granting Facebook a pretty broad license to use your content that cannot be revoked, is perpetual (it never expires) and if they use your material you cannot claim any kind of royalty or fee. The new terms are worldwide.
It is not just the user content that you post but also your name, your likeness and your image to be used for any purpose including commercial or advertising uses.”
There is a new group on Facebook called Newspaper Escape Plan and with all the layoffs and notices of layoffs it has mushroomed in less than two weeks. My Aussie and UK Facebook pals are also worried now that layoff fever has infected their environs.
Do you see that blockbuster ad in the middle of my Facebook news feed?
Look again.
I didn’t see it at first either but I did notice my friend’s face popping up in my status udpates. Look there is Denise! I did a double take and wondered how she landed that fat modeling/spokesperson contract for this movie rental company.
But then I realized that it was a new FB application she just added that allowed her to used as an unpaid model to promote a paid service for Blockbuster. And I wondered if she even knew she was being pimped out like that.
I was driving to the gym yesterday and out of the corner of my eye I notice the oil change reminder sticker Jiffy Lube put on my windscreen in February. They wrote down the mileage at 67,949 and I quickly looked down at the odometer and read 70,476 on my ‘99 VW Passat. Is this true? I have driven less than 3,000 miles this year?
Back in October I turned the corner into year three as a self-employed journalist and business owner and I have to say getting to ‘the office’ and traveling to meet colleagues, clients and students has seen dramatic shifts in my commuting habits.
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