Facebook relies heavy on advertising as do other internet sites...but Facebook is trying to turn profits from its members.
Over the last couple of days, over 50,000 Facebook users have signed a petition to stop the new program which "sends messages to users’ friends about what they are buying on Web sites like Travelocity.com, TheKnot.com and Fandango". Apparently, one click of the mouse won't let users opt out of the program.
It said that "Companies like Google, AOL and Microsoft routinely track where people are going online and send them ads based on the sites they have visited and the searches they have conducted".
And that Facebook is sending alerts on the news feeds telling them what goods and services their friends and bought and viewed online.
I haven't seen this service but I do think it crosses a privacy line for those people who don't prefer to have that information shared. Creepy.
By Lauren Darmody
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