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This is a huge reason that I do not use Facebook to login to any site -- pretty much every site that offers that functionality asks to be able to post items for

by yoasif_ 16y ago

This is a huge reason that I do not use Facebook to login to any site -- pretty much every site that offers that functionality asks to be able to post items for you (in your feed), to send emails, etc. It seems like some site owners' dreams are to turn you into a bot for their own promotional purposes, or to just use your voice as their personal bullhorn. I'll stick with registering to sites using a "plain" login (or OpenID, where available) -- at least that way, I have a bit more control over the way my online identity is used.

bonaldi 16y ago
This is about instant personalisation, where you don't have to log in for any of this stuff to happen. It should be a huge reason to log out of Facebook after every visit (or not use it at all), but 99% of users are never going to do that.
- aw3c2 16y ago
  I use a different browser for social networks, no kidding. Maybe I should look into my browser's profile options and use seperate profiles instead.
  - shajith 16y ago
    I don't use Facebook as much, but I follow a similar strategy for other things, like GMail. Instead of a different browser, I set up a 'site-specific-browser', like Fluid[1], for each such website. Aside from the benefit of not staying logged in to your email/FB/Twitter when browsing random websites[2], this also lets you treat constantly open web-sites as legitimate apps in your switcher, frees up those permanent tabs on your browser, and provides for features like an unread count badge on the application icon when you switch apps. [1] http://fluidapp.com/ http://fluidapp.com/ [2] Obviously, this means that features that rely on you being constantly logged in to FB/Twitter (those Like and Tweet buttons) won't work.
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- mikeknoop 16y ago
  It's actually easier than that. Just turn off Instant Personalization in your Privacy Settings.
  - yoasif_ 16y ago
    I guess it is good that I had done that too -- I assumed you actually had to "connect" to Facebook because I visited the Scribd page as described in the article, and I didn't see any fancy Facebook stuff happening (although I did see my browser hit Facebook). I had forgotten that I had turned off instant personalization (likely due to some TC article or something). So this works without even logging into the site? Jesus, it is worse than I thought!
  - Groxx 16y ago
    Until they change the privacy settings, and it's defaulted to On again.
desigooner 16y ago
Instant Personalization or not, this is why i login to sites using my twitter account and not my facebook account. The twitter account is more detachable for me when it comes to day-to-day life, Facebook on the other hand is a lot more involved ...

by yoasif_ 16y ago

bonaldi 16y ago

This is about instant personalisation, where you don't have to log in for any of this stuff to happen. It should be a huge reason to log out of Facebook after every visit (or not use it at all), but 99% of users are never going to do that.

aw3c2 16y ago
I use a different browser for social networks, no kidding. Maybe I should look into my browser's profile options and use seperate profiles instead.
- shajith 16y ago
  I don't use Facebook as much, but I follow a similar strategy for other things, like GMail. Instead of a different browser, I set up a 'site-specific-browser', like Fluid[1], for each such website. Aside from the benefit of not staying logged in to your email/FB/Twitter when browsing random websites[2], this also lets you treat constantly open web-sites as legitimate apps in your switcher, frees up those permanent tabs on your browser, and provides for features like an unread count badge on the application icon when you switch apps. [1] http://fluidapp.com/ http://fluidapp.com/ [2] Obviously, this means that features that rely on you being constantly logged in to FB/Twitter (those Like and Tweet buttons) won't work.
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mikeknoop 16y ago
It's actually easier than that. Just turn off Instant Personalization in your Privacy Settings.
- yoasif_ 16y ago
  I guess it is good that I had done that too -- I assumed you actually had to "connect" to Facebook because I visited the Scribd page as described in the article, and I didn't see any fancy Facebook stuff happening (although I did see my browser hit Facebook). I had forgotten that I had turned off instant personalization (likely due to some TC article or something). So this works without even logging into the site? Jesus, it is worse than I thought!
- Groxx 16y ago
  Until they change the privacy settings, and it's defaulted to On again.

desigooner 16y ago

Instant Personalization or not, this is why i login to sites using my twitter account and not my facebook account. The twitter account is more detachable for me when it comes to day-to-day life, Facebook on the other hand is a lot more involved ...