Comments on: ADS ON FACEBOOK http://www.vi-r-us.com/ads-on-facebook/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:53:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Bud Moore http://www.vi-r-us.com/ads-on-facebook/#comment-50887 Bud Moore Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.vi-r-us.com/ads-on-facebook/#comment-50887 Surprised that you were surprised by this. It's always fairly easy to spot on facebook when you are being fished for your demographic. Most people I know put a lot of very spurious information on their profile. The groups function is actually both more interesting and sinister as a concept because the segmentation is so tight. Quite what anyone would learn about me from the fact that I started a group called Lets bulldoze Stonehenge and put up Tennis courts in its place, and Only invited my friend Suzie to join I don't know. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17966242640 There are some groups which are obviously exercises in data capture though such as http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2218674240 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8900080125 I think most people realise this and will switch to the next fad when it becomes too obviously corporate. Surprised that you were surprised by this. It’s always fairly easy to spot on facebook when you are being fished for your demographic.

Most people I know put a lot of very spurious information on their profile. The groups function is actually both more interesting and sinister as a concept because the segmentation is so tight. Quite what anyone would learn about me from the fact that I started a group called Lets bulldoze Stonehenge and put up Tennis courts in its place, and Only invited my friend Suzie to join I don’t know.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17966242640

There are some groups which are obviously exercises in data capture though such as

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2218674240

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8900080125

I think most people realise this and will switch to the next fad when it becomes too obviously corporate.

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