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The Guardian actually had a link, that wasn't super visible, that would direct you from using the app to the website, if you clicked it it'd remember your decis
by nicholassmith 14y ago
The Guardian actually had a link, that wasn't super visible, that would direct you from using the app to the website, if you clicked it it'd remember your decision and never bug you again. It was excellent, none of the other news publishers did it.
- danso 14y agoNews publishers had a range of choices on how to implement this. ProPublica did not enable frictionless sharing or an automatic dialog box asking you to install an app http://www.propublica.org/article/introducing-a-new-non-evil-way-to-share-our-stories-on-facebook http://www.propublica.org/article/introducing-a-new-non-evil... I don't think the app was particularly popular leading me to wonder "what's the point?" (I used to work there) but I suppose for users who choose to live their lives through FB, giving them the choice of sharing and consuming through FB isn't necessarily a net negative