Mathew's comments - Latest Comments in Facebook blocks Google, for your own good

Re: Facebook blocks Google, for your own good

Artur — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:59:37 -0000

I disagree. I have a lot of data in Google databases. In the gnotebook, gmail, gcheckout. And I believe they should have some competitors to:
- not have ALL my data ;-)
- improve their products
- simply give me (even illusionary) choice between them and competitive solutions

Re: Facebook blocks Google, for your own good

Blaise Alleyne — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:08:07 -0000

I support Facebook on this one, as long as they can work the issue out with Google.

How can they support user privacy if, in the name of openness, they allow any third party complete access to your data?

They're trying to strike a balance, to find a way to protect user privacy while making data portable. Give them a break.

Re: Facebook blocks Google, for your own good

antje wilsch — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:54:35 -0000

As a developer, I can totally understand the desire to keep a walled garden because of privacy and control. As working for a business with users who give up their time, their content, their connections - I can totally see why wanting to keep them in the fold is important and doing your best to bar them from being harassed. As a consumer, I am 100% about not re-entering my data, and going for standarisation, but not sure WHO I want or even trust to "guard" my data. At the end of the day, these sites are nothing without their users.

What a messy smorgasboard of conflicting feelings.

Re: Facebook blocks Google, for your own good

teddyhcraig — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:41:40 -0000

Iron website giants...
Google vs Facebook...

Todays secret ingredient: The end user!

Let the battle begin!

In the end, we control them, by voting with our presence of lack thereof...
And all the really smart people in positions of power know that and ask in such a way as to show they know that! The fools don't and are punished!

Re: Facebook blocks Google, for your own good

Kevin Heisler — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:07:41 -0000

You're right on the money, Matthew. Nothing could be less about privacy than Facebook's decision to protect its membership base.

It's clear that Facebook wants to keep their members inside their garden walls.

Facebook is building a moat around its castle to keep the search giant out.

Dear Google, Facebook's Just Not That Into You
http://blog.searchenginewat...

Re: Facebook blocks Google, for your own good

Frymaster — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:19:05 -0000

Wha? Open standards? That'll never work ;-)