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I certainly wouldn't expect that kind of side effect at all, but maybe it's because I'm used to having a greater degree of control over who gets a claim on a sl
by CodeMage 16y ago
I certainly wouldn't expect that kind of side effect at all, but maybe it's because I'm used to having a greater degree of control over who gets a claim on a slice of my attention. For me "like" is not a binary concept -- either you like it or you don't. I might like something enough to put it in my bookmarks, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'll want to recommend it to all of my friends or subscribe to its RSS feed. If signaling that I like something will automatically imply "subscribing" to it, then I'd like to be informed about it beforehand.
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago>For me "like" is not a binary concept We're not talking about like the English language word we're talking about "like" the Facebook specific action indicating that you wish to be associated with a particular page of content on that site.
- mattmanser 16y agoI think a lot of people don't realise this at all. It's a random website, it's not the facebook page. The whole like thing is a massive security and privacy disaster waiting to happen.
- CodeMage 16y agoSee, this is why computer applications keep failing "average" users: "Stupid users, why didn't they RTFM? Had they done that, they would have realized that Facebook's definition of the word 'like' is drastically different from the English language word they use every day."
- Terretta 16y agoThe schoolyard comeback is appropriate here: "I might like it. Doesn't mean I want to marry it."
- jjudge 16y agoI also didn't expect this but it doesn't really bother me either. It seems pretty logical to me - if I like something I'd like to have access to more of it.