Comments on: Facebook blocks Google, for your own good http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/16/facebook-blocks-google-for-your-own-good/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:16:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Artur http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/16/facebook-blocks-google-for-your-own-good/#comment-340120 Artur Wed, 28 May 2008 10:59:37 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2425#comment-340120 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:<br>- not have ALL my data ;-)<br>- improve their products<br>- simply give me (even illusionary) choice between them and competitive solutions 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

]]> By: Blaise Alleyne http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/16/facebook-blocks-google-for-your-own-good/#comment-340119 Blaise Alleyne Fri, 16 May 2008 23:08:07 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2425#comment-340119 I support Facebook on this one, as long as they can work the issue out with Google.<br><br>How can they support user privacy if, in the name of openness, they allow any third party complete access to your data?<br><br>They're trying to strike a balance, to find a way to protect user privacy while making data portable. Give them a break. 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.

]]> By: antje wilsch http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/16/facebook-blocks-google-for-your-own-good/#comment-340118 antje wilsch Fri, 16 May 2008 21:54:35 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2425#comment-340118 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. <br><br>What a messy smorgasboard of conflicting feelings. 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.

]]> By: teddyhcraig http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/16/facebook-blocks-google-for-your-own-good/#comment-340117 teddyhcraig Fri, 16 May 2008 20:41:40 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2425#comment-340117 Iron website giants...<br>Google vs Facebook...<br><br>Todays secret ingredient: The end user!<br><br>Let the battle begin!<br><br>In the end, we control them, by voting with our presence of lack thereof...<br>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! 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!

]]> By: Kevin Heisler http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/16/facebook-blocks-google-for-your-own-good/#comment-340116 Kevin Heisler Fri, 16 May 2008 19:07:41 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2425#comment-340116 You're right on the money, Matthew. Nothing could be less about privacy than Facebook's decision to protect its membership base.<br><br>It's clear that Facebook wants to keep their members inside their garden walls. <br><br>Facebook is building a moat around its castle to keep the search giant out.<br><br><br>Dear Google, Facebook's Just Not That Into You<br><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080516-110559">http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080516-1...</a> 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.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080516-1...

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