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I suppose it's not that strange that this data was aggregated intelligently from status updates. I do wonder, though, the number of lists and data collections
by devindotcom 12y ago
I suppose it's not that strange that this data was aggregated intelligently from status updates.
I do wonder, though, the number of lists and data collections like this that are assembled and we are not told about. Not that I resent it, exactly, I know the terms I joined the network on — but it is a little unnerving to think just how many ways such a huge trove of data could be mined - weekly popularity lists for books, movies, etc. Makes me wonder why Facebook bothers advertising when they have the most powerful and targetable polling tool in history available to be gated off for a price. Maybe they're already doing this and I just don't know.
- sharkweek 12y agoWith all that data and most users being logged into Facebook on their browser at all times, I cannot for the life of me figure out why they haven't released an Adsense competitor - I'm assuming there are some deep philosophical reasons about not wanting to encourage any business decision that focuses entirely outside of the Facebook ecosystem, but hot damn, I would drop Adsense on my sites in a heartbeat for a FB version as I'm 100% convinced their service would easily defeat the competition in an ad relevancy test. I can't imagine it's privacy related, because that's proven to mostly be only a minor hurdle to overcome every time everyone freaks out at every FB change.
- Retric 12y agoIntention is incredibly important when doing advertising. Consider the difference between "Looking for a new car this weekend" vs. "just bought a new car the weekend".
- polarix 12y ago> deep philosophical reasons about not wanting to encourage any business decision that focuses entirely outside of the Facebook ecosystem What you're proposing would be a radical expansion of the facebook ecosystem, not a departure.