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The Facebook like button tells you when you've already liked a page. It can also show you how many likes a page has, which a simple link cannot do. The like bu
by skeoh 12y ago
The Facebook like button tells you when you've already liked a page. It can also show you how many likes a page has, which a simple link cannot do.
The like button is just one of many of Facebook's components which can be embedded into pages; another being the comment box which shows your name and display picture but cannot allow the hosting page to get at that information unauthorized.
- oneeyedpigeon 12y agoWell there are ways of presenting a personalised link, and a link containing a total number, without resorting to iframes, or even client-side code. I'm not seriously suggesting they be used, merely pointing out that the multiple-iframes functionality is not a default requirement of every page on the web, as the article suggests. Some studies have shown that articles with facebook like buttons receive fewer likes than those without. FWIW, on a site I work for, we use a plain facebook like link without any personalisation because that's all we require, and we recognise that it respects our visitors' privacy more than the full-on iframe variant.