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By: Was Facebook richtig macht - und was falsch

Was Facebook richtig macht - und was falsch — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:17:18 +0000

[...] das Internet ist noch immer eine Art Wilder Westen, das zeigt der Fall Facebook. Im konkreten Fall stimme ich mit “Wall Street Journal”-Kollegin Kara Swisher überein: “My guess: It was more likely a case of lawyers gone [...]

By: Weekend Update 2.21.09 | Beth Callaghan | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:48:02 +0000

[...] Hilton for mass desertion. The drama ended–for now–with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s public apology and rollback of the changes. If you don’t speak Facebook, you’ll be relieved to know [...]

By: Mark Sigal

Mark Sigal — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:52:10 +0000

While perception is reality, and the emotional response suggests that Facebook needs to do a better job of being consultative with its community versus delivering material edicts from on high, the truth is that this is much ado about nothing.

We create a “snail trail” when we plug into communities online, that snail trail becomes substrate that interconnects with other users and discussion threads.

It’s just not reasonable to expect that you can rip that out, creating virtual potholes in the communal space.

Also, why do we begrudge Facebook as nefarious for wanting to monetize these snail trails when we happily accept Google monetizing our traversals, web pages, images and the like? It’s just silly, in my opinion.

Check out:

Why Facebook’s Terms of Service Change is Much Ado About Nothing.
(http://bit.ly/xxE4d)

For more fodder on this one.

Mark

By: Ken Okel

Ken Okel — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:21:19 +0000

Quite an about-face for Facebook. More and more it seems that Zuckerberg stumbled upon a great idea, realized it, but has no real idea of how to manage his creation.

By: BoomTown Decodes the Zuckerberg Terms of Service My-Bad Memo (Now With 10 Percent More “So Very Sorrys!”) | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:21:08 +0000

[...] due to the controversy Facebook has been embroiled in this week about changes it recently made to its its Terms of Service that gave the company unusually sweeping rights over [...]

By: Jon Bacon

Jon Bacon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:30:38 +0000

But what would any of us without being poked with a snowball?

Seriously though, this is a good move by Zuckerberg and his team, but it brings up the fact that they should have waited longer and thought more about their new terms before putting them up. It’s a learning experience for him, and I respect the fact that he IS learning and admitting fault.

Having others review the new TOS and provide feedback (like “hey Mark, this goes to far,” or “Mark, You will upset a lot of your users and possibly create a backlash in the media since privacy is one of the globes most coveted items.”) Could have saved them some headaches. Not saying no one did review it, but it seems like he needs some differing opinions in his inner circle so he gets some advice he may not like at times.

My request, go back to the old layout. I’ll even agree to click an ad every now and then so you know they work–based on my likes and dislikes you’ve been watching! ;-)