Facebook Makes Big New Move to Capture More User Data

Re:Facebook Makes Big New Move to Capture More User Data by ntoshev on Thursday December 16, 2010 @05:28PM (#2014082)

Users get scared when a site asks them to login via Facebook or even Google. If this is the only option you offer, registrations will suffer a lot. I don't know who would use this.

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Re:Facebook Makes Big New Move to Capture More User Data by parano on Thursday December 16, 2010 @06:57PM (#2014448)

I'm curious - do you have any data supporting this? I see it on HN based on anecdotal evidence (or none) all the time. It would obviously have different effects on different market segments, but I would love to see some analysis on this.

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Re:Facebook Makes Big New Move to Capture More User Data by ntoshev on Friday December 17, 2010 @03:59PM (#2017745)

No hard data, just lots of complaints when I tried it.

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Re:Facebook Makes Big New Move to Capture More User Data by calloc on Thursday December 16, 2010 @07:37PM (#2014566)

I'll provide my personal input, if a website requires a Facebook account to log in, I won't do it. I have the Facebook Apps platform turned off for a reason.

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Re:Facebook Makes Big New Move to Capture More User Data by theBobMcCormick on Thursday December 16, 2010 @11:00PM (#2015105)

I'm very unlikely to sign up for a new site if it doesn't allow login with My Google account via OpenID. I'm sick of making up new passwords and keeping track of them.

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Re:Facebook Makes Big New Move to Capture More User Data by gojomo on Thursday December 16, 2010 @08:11PM (#2014650)

For some mass-market sites, scaring off those paranoid, nitpicky, self-righteous users could be a winning move.

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