Comments on: Facebook Places: Be Cautiously Curious

By: Gini Dietrich

Gini Dietrich — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:02:56 +0000

Christopher – It was fun to ask you about your top three security recommendations and LBS was on the top of that list…especially having just written this post. Thanks for your wisdom!

By: Christopher Burgess

Christopher Burgess — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:55:57 +0000

Gini – you touch on two of my hot-buttons in this piece – Location Based Services (which I wrote about in my Huffington Post blog) and Reputation Management (which I wrote about in my personal Veritate et Virtute blog).

LBS regardless of provider has positive aspects and worrisome aspects. The individual needs to understand what they are sharing and how it will be used. Read the privacy statements & set the privacy settings to the level of your personal comfort.

Re Reputation. I commend your readers attention to two books concerning reputation and why you absolutely want to have an alert set on your name, userids and variants.

“Google Bomb Book” tells the story of Sue Scheff (a friend of mine) and her efforts to regain her positive reputation which a third party tarnished and “Wild West 2.0″ which discusses online reputation management. I am still reading the latter, and will write a review when completed, but Sue’s book is reviewed on my personal blog.

Good to be aware. Thanks for this piece.
Christopher
@BurgessCT

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By: Karen Rocks

Karen Rocks — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:15:41 +0000

Gini, Yes I do use quotes and +/-. It’s not that bad, sometimes the results can be amusing. Great point though for those using Google Alerts to narrow searches.

By: Gini Dietrich

Gini Dietrich — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:40:25 +0000

Karen – have you tried using quotation marks and plus and minus signs to narrow down your Google alerts? If not, I have some tips for you.

Karyn – It makes me sick that the Foursquare guys wouldn’t go for $120 million. I mean, is $30 million that much of a difference? Really? I’ll check out the TechCrunch article. Thanks for the link!

By: Karyn

Karyn — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:45:41 +0000

Regarding Facebook ripping off Foursquare: there are dozens of location apps/platforms out there, and plenty of room for all to be worried about FB’s effect on their businesses. That said, I read (perhaps on Mashable?) that Foursquare turned down a FB buyout offer of $120M, countering with a request for $150M at which point the former walked away. There was also quite a bit of reporting about Facebook’s lift to Foursquare, giving them their biggest new user registration that coincided with the Places launch. http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/19/facebook-effect-foursquare/

By: Karen Rocks

Karen Rocks — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:29:47 +0000

Good advice, Gini (as always). I do think it is a marketer’s dream, but it does make me as a person wary. Being cautious, I have adjusted my settings and of course have already put a Google Alert on my name, but with the name Karen Rocks, I get a lot of listings to filter through. The one drawback of a cool name…

By: Gini Dietrich

Gini Dietrich — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:52:04 +0000

Jan: Yes! Pete has his own Twitter and Facebook accounts. What’s even more funny, though, is I didn’t create the accounts. So when you see me talking to him, it’s actually one of my crazy friends!

Erik: I hate to be the one to tell you this, but it’s not just Facebook that has all of your information. The entire web is trolling for all of your information…and the more we use the web and mobile apps, the more information we have out there.

I do think businesses want to use this; where we will see issues is on the personal side. Set your boundaries now with what you’re comfortable having people do on your behalf.

Ray: You’re welcome!

Jon: I know if I were Foursquare, I would be really angry right now. Not that there is anything they can do about it, but Facebook essentially just stole the idea. Now, as a consumer, I’m trying to decide if there is a place for both apps. I’m thinking not.

By: Jon Buscall

Jon Buscall — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:41:13 +0000

Echoing Ray’s sentiments here. Thanks for the tip off.

To be honest, I’m getting a little peeved about Facebook. It’s kind of gulping up every idea on the web at the moment.

I feel a post about walled gardens coming on….

By: Ray Lapena

Ray Lapena — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:16:12 +0000

Thanks for the insight and heads up, Gini! Adjusting my privacy settings now.