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This is a small feature change with a big marketing angle. Facebook has been cutting the minimum amount of information shared when you "Connect with Facebook" w
by clukic 12y ago
This is a small feature change with a big marketing angle. Facebook has been cutting the minimum amount of information shared when you "Connect with Facebook" with each iteration of their API. At launch, Facebook literally shared all of your information and most of your friend's information by default with no way to limit it. Then they pared it back to selective requests with a minimum of name, gender, and email. Then name, gender, and anoynimized email. Then it was name and anoynimized email. And now it is just an token specific to that site and nothing else.
They started by building what site owners and developers want - everything about a user without having to build a complex form and have the user agree to fill it out. And they ended up with what the user wants - to share nothing at all with the site owner and fill out no forms.
My guess is this will be stupidly successful, and good for absolutely no one, but Facebook.
- TeMPOraL 12y ago> My guess is this will be stupidly successful, and good for absolutely no one, but Facebook. Why? I see it being very good for Facebook users. I'm very happy about not giving any data about myself to random websites I want to check out just once. I especially look forward for the amount of spam (er, value-added marketing e-mails) it cuts out of the circulation.