Comments on: How Facebook Connect Closes Doors

By: human3rror

human3rror — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:45:05 +0000

There's a good reason right there!

By: Murray Jr

Murray Jr — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:42:56 +0000

For us it's ultimately about the page views. More page views means more money. It's also about getting more people to see our content. We spend a lot of time on our content and the bigger potential audience of Facebook means more people have an opportunity to view that content.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:33:08 +0000

Just because huffington post uses it doesn't mean it's becoming “defacto”… does it? I think there's wisdom in both camps, and ultimately it's about the end user, right? the industry and audience are also important.

good points tho. glad you're here!

By: Murray Jr

Murray Jr — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:42:10 +0000

I'm new here, but I found this blog through some searching. I have some of the same questions that a lot of you do; however, it may become a moot point. Huffington Post is now using Facebook Connect. It's becoming a defacto standard option. If people start viewing it that way they will expect to have that option. Also, using Facebook Connect increased the potential viewership of your site exponentially. Even having said all that I'm a little hesitant due to the lack of integration with wordpress.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:03:05 +0000

But you will always lose control. If that's worth the engagement, that's fine.

But there's always a deeper danger of giving a 3rd party information when you never know if that service will be there in tomorrow, next week, or next year.

haven't heard from you in a while bro. how are things going?

By: djchuang

djchuang — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:26:36 +0000

There's (almost) always PROs and CONs with anything, and Facebook Connect is no different.

What an individual website may lose in terms of "control" is a gain for the users that want to use web apps in a more social manner with their Facebook network of friends. And, yet, the web app itself could still require the same level of user profile info to stay connected with the web app (right?). So, depending on how you dice & slice, you can actually gain more user engagement for your web app because of Facebook Connect.

By: Facebook Connect Gets a WordPress Plugin - ChurchCrunch

Facebook Connect Gets a WordPress Plugin - ChurchCrunch — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:20:54 +0000

[...] might remember how I wrote about how Facebook Connect Closes Doors and how I am, personally, against the use of it at this point, but I know that many of you [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:20:17 +0000

i agree, i'm social enough naturally. i'll find it on my own if i want it. i'm SO sick of Facebook.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:43:05 +0000

Yeah, but those guys are interested in one thing: traffic. Although we may as well, that's not our bottom line goal (or at least not for me).

By: Christian Web Trends

Christian Web Trends — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:56:37 +0000

According to this article in PC Word, "Facebook says the sites involved in early testing reported a 50 percent jump in user engagement." http://www.pcworld.com/article/154990/first_look_... Maybe not double, but I know a lot of site owners that would take a 50% jump in engagement in exchange for lost of some control and data.