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Very good demonstration thank you. Some interesting (an unethical) potential marketing opportunities here. For example, at the bottom of articles only show sh
by Scirra_Tom 10y ago
Very good demonstration thank you.
Some interesting (an unethical) potential marketing opportunities here. For example, at the bottom of articles only show share actions for social platforms they are logged into.
- amelius 10y agoNot logged in != doesn't have an account
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoFor sure, but logged in == does have an account.
- Scirra_Tom 10y agoSure, but if you identify they are logged into FB and Reddit, maybe only show those two options. If you can't determine they are logged into any service show them all.
- CoryG89 10y agoMaybe you just use it for prioritization. For example, if they are logged into Reddit and Twitter: show buttons for Reddit and Twitter, then just have a more button that opens a dialog with other supported services.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoWhy is showing only pertinent share options unethical? Or is it the cross-site circumvention that you found unethical?
- Scirra_Tom 10y agoEthics are subjective, some people may find the fact you're identifying what websites the user is logged into creatively in this way unethical as it divulges what services the user uses without them necessarily consenting/realising you have access to this information.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoSo, in one case you get a list of 10 share buttons, in another you get a list of 5 that you're logged in to already. The information doesn't leave your machine, it's your browser that discovers it and the information is presented to you - what in particular is your take in the ethical problem here? To me that's like a program arranging your contacts by order of use without explicit requesting permission to do so. The page is already causing your browser to request lots of URLs that you didn't explicitly allow.