Comments on: New Facebook news apps: bring the news to your users, or invite users to your news?

By: Thoughts on New Facebook News Apps | Jessica Swink

Thoughts on New Facebook News Apps | Jessica Swink — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:56:25 +0000

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By: Jessie

Jessie — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:19:16 +0000

This is overall great for users as it gets more people interested in what is going on in the world instead of reading boring status. Ultimately you can see what everyone else is reading and therefore can read a range of different publishers, giving us a wider scope on news stories and opinions on different topics.
However, considering what you have all said about the data issue and how it is all a lure to get information on us for advertising etc. I suppose nothing is free and advertising is everywhere. In my eyes advertising is becoming weaker and weaker because we have seen it all, it takes a lot for me to be lured in to an advertisement. They need this information on us, to find out what we are interested in to big up their game on attracting us.
Of course it is all about money, nothing is free. But the idea is still nice and I will be using it.
Jessie.

By: Introducing the Guardian’s new Facebook app – The Guardian (blog)

Introducing the Guardian’s new Facebook app – The Guardian (blog) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:09:40 +0000

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Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:56:28 +0000

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By: Paul Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:01:17 +0000

It has already been said that ‘data is the new oil’ and people have no idea how valuable their data is. Facebook make me far more uncomfortable with Google in how hungry they are for all this – perhaps because Google don’t need to be. Yet.

On the plus side, Facebook seem so desperate that they are making a wreck of their core value to users.

By: ‘We wanted to make ourselves more Facebookey’, says Guardian – Journalism.co.uk (blog)

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:41:30 +0000

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By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:40:25 +0000

Hi – the left hand side of the page (article and ads) are served by the Guardian so we will still capture the related data.

By: Simon Howes

Simon Howes — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:30:42 +0000

It’s all so Facebook can mine data from our accounts, privacy is out of the window and is now on public show.

Google mine our data already and Facebook wants a piece of this pie. Google have our searches, e-mail, news, maps, adsense etc, but it has always been closed between us and Google. It is far easier for Facebook to do this if they get partners involved. After all, we are the “products” and they are in it to make money. It’s this data which is the real value to both them (Facebook and news orgs) and the advertisers. A standalone app on the iPhone does not have a large enough pool of readers to be useful for web advertising.

People will be vocal about privacy once it hits them. *goes and gets his tin foil hat*

Google are way ahead already, and Google+ being their top priority will be worth more than Facebook in time.

By: Tom Davenport

Tom Davenport — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:47:23 +0000

Consider the wider web – Facebook seem to want this functionality from as many publishers as possible. Take Mashable, for example. They’ll have themselves in knots deciding whether to suck up to new social features, or lose traditional traffic.

Did I say “traditional traffic”? Now there’s a sign of the times.

By: Paul Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:43:02 +0000

Well, there’s advertising on the Guardian app which I’m assuming is sold by The Guardian. They can also say to advertisers that users will have made the effort to install the app, demonstrating that they are engaged with the brand. Would also be interesting to know what traffic data they get, and how ad rates differ (if at all).