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10 months ago
in Is Facebook Opening Beacon? on AllFacebook
Wait... since when was beacon not live? Was it only restricted to certain partners?
11 months ago
in What’s happening with the top Facebook apps? on Futuristic Play by @Andrew_ChenThe profile cleanup wizard probably wiped a bunch of apps off profile pages, which is a huge source of virality for apps. Also, minifeed controls like "i didn't do this" and newsfeed controls that allow you to bury events are probably taking their toll on the most annoying/viral apps. Additionally, platform changes such as giving preference to newsfeed links that do *not* require an app install, plus eliminating events where you were not a primary actor.... all these things are effectively Facebook's spam control experiments. They amount to a predictable decline in usage for the biggest apps, most of which are useless spam-generators.
1 year ago
in Come See How Great I Am! on AllFacebook
Check out Movie Clique by Blockbuster. Blows the Netflix app away in terms of functionality. You can link your ratings, queue, etc. and even add to your queue right from Facebook.
1 year ago
in Facebook Beacon Drama Ceases to End on AllFacebook
/RANT-ON
The bloggers have bludgeoned this issue to death. The damned thing is opt in and they still won't shut up. I think Privacy is the new religion, and we're all being proseletyzed to death with it. It astounds me that people are so uptight. You would think that beacon was ratting out all of the porn bondage sites you're visiting....no, it's telling your friends that you're playing DESKTOP TOWER DEFENSE or -- heaven forbid -- browsing the Coca Cola site.
The mass media has followed suit because they don't know their asses from their heads and get most of their leads on "tech" stories from the bloggers. The public knows even less than the media, and most people believe what the media spoon feeds them. So it's all a self-fulfilling prophecy that's driven by a huge PR cycle driven by the most vocal 0.1% who claim to represent us all in their infinite quest for privacy. I have one message for them: want a global opt out on beacon? LOG THE HELL OUT OF THE SITE.
/RANT-OFF
The bloggers have bludgeoned this issue to death. The damned thing is opt in and they still won't shut up. I think Privacy is the new religion, and we're all being proseletyzed to death with it. It astounds me that people are so uptight. You would think that beacon was ratting out all of the porn bondage sites you're visiting....no, it's telling your friends that you're playing DESKTOP TOWER DEFENSE or -- heaven forbid -- browsing the Coca Cola site.
The mass media has followed suit because they don't know their asses from their heads and get most of their leads on "tech" stories from the bloggers. The public knows even less than the media, and most people believe what the media spoon feeds them. So it's all a self-fulfilling prophecy that's driven by a huge PR cycle driven by the most vocal 0.1% who claim to represent us all in their infinite quest for privacy. I have one message for them: want a global opt out on beacon? LOG THE HELL OUT OF THE SITE.
/RANT-OFF
1 year ago
in Verizon FiOS TV Getting Media Extender Capabilities (and more!) on Zatz Not Funny!
I have been a FiosTV customer for a year. The new interactive guide is TERRIBLE. It's difficult to navigate and unintuitive. Example: when you are done with a program, it does not return you to that program so you can delete it, it takes you to the folder of episodes for whichever show was at the top of your DVR list.
It has also missed half of our shows that we have season passes for (which are set up, verified, and prioritized in the season pass manager with NO conflicts). We are cancelling Fios this week and will be looking elsewhere.
It has also missed half of our shows that we have season passes for (which are set up, verified, and prioritized in the season pass manager with NO conflicts). We are cancelling Fios this week and will be looking elsewhere.