Comments on: Handing comments over to Facebook is a double-edged sword

By: Ivan Lajara

Ivan Lajara — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:54:02 +0000

A5. Handing comments over to Facebook is a double-edged sword http://t.co/h0XoPDFq via @mathewi #jrcchat

By: Ivan Lajara

Ivan Lajara — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:25:01 +0000

.@beacongal MOAR info on #facebook comments for news orgs http://t.co/Z41gmHsM http://t.co/iynHX6aD http://t.co/h0XoPDFq

By: Beverlee

Beverlee — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:11:25 +0000

Linking a name to a comment is not the issue for some of us. The idea of linking it to a very personal Facebook account is disturbing. I await the first court case of stalking due to comments made on some site that some mentally unbalanced individual did not care for. Not everyone sets their privacy settings well.

By: Mary Hamilton

Mary Hamilton — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:05:51 +0000

I’d be interested in seeing this study. Did you control for other factors? What makes you so certain that requiring “real” names was directly causing “better” comments?

By: Ondrej

Ondrej — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:03:07 +0000

@ Vadim: You may work hard, but what counts is results, not efforts. For example, I know many businesses which use profiles instead of pages, and the names don’t sound half-real for a person. And they have the profiles for years. How can you dream of weeding out fake names of people when your system doesn’t pick up a sizeable restaurant franchize.

By: Charlie Anzman

Charlie Anzman — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:32:49 +0000

I literally stopped commenting on sites using Facebook comments as they implemented them. I can see the positives and negatives but I honestly think Facebook has pushed the envelope on a number of fronts, going beyond ‘smart’ to a potential social problem. I don’t have that issue with other start-ups or Google+. I think Facebook seriously needs to be more transparent and engage their own audience.

By: Mat Bowles

Mat Bowles — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:58:54 +0000

You privilege one system if you only allow comments from one site with one registration setup. This site is allowign me to validate myself from a variety of different sites.

Forcing the use of just one site, especially a site that deliberately excludes through policy, like Facebook, means some people cannot comment or won’t be able to speak freely.

If Faebook is one of the options, it’s not privileged, if it’s the only option? Your privieging Facebook and excluding those who don’t, can’t or won’t have an account at Facebook.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:12:56 +0000

Thanks for that info, Danny.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:12:08 +0000

Much appreciated, John — thanks for the comment.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:11:33 +0000

Thanks, Moya — that’s a good point.