Marshall Kirkpatrick explains Why Facebook’s Seamless Sharing is Wrong. All of this and more in the ReadWriteWeb Weekly Wrap-up.
After the jump you’ll find more of this week’s top news stories on some of the key topics that are shaping the Web – Location, App Stores and Real-Time Web – plus highlights from some of our six channels. Read on for more.
Top Stories of the Week
Why Facebook’s Seamless Sharing is Wrong
Our coverage of Facebook’s frictionless sharing was of great interest to the ReadWriteWeb community. Several of this week’s top stories were focused on Facebook’s oft overwhelming auto-sharing of banal minutiae.
Marshall looked at why the sharing was wrong, and even compares Facebook to malware.
From Marshall:
I think Facebook ought to put a greater emphasis on acting in good faith and helping its users make informed decisions, in line with their reasonable expectations, as the company seeks to experiment with building the future of media.
ReadWriteWeb commenter JLishere summed it up:
Infographic: xkcd Shows You the Money
Another popular post this week was our coverage of xkcd’s infographic, “Money“: A well-done visualization of money, from the cost of a single restaurant meal at McDonalds to the net worth of Jeff Bezos. It’s really a must-see infographic. I ordered a copy of the poster because it’s difficult to appreciate on a computer monitor.
Google+ Was Never a Facebook Competitor
Guest blogger, Brad Jordan, makes the case that Google+ was never intended to compete with Facebook, but to expand their advertising reach further.
More Top Posts:
- Google Protects User Data for the Future with Forward Secrecy
- How to Start The Next Internet Meme
- Amazing Kickstarter Project Twine: Cheap and Easy Internet of Things
- Windows 8 Will Bring Personal Cloud to Billions, Says Microsoft
- Cautious Optimism Follows SOPA Hearings: Don’t Get Cocky
- In Quest to Become World’s Most Ridiculous Nation, Pakistan Bans Make-Believe Curse Words from Texting [Updated]
- Facebook Hasn’t Ruined Sharing, It’s Just Re-Defined It
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- IBM’s Andy Piper (Part 2): How MQTT Averts a ‘Thing-in-the-Middle’ Attack
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- Has the Windows Phone Marketplace Reached Critical Mass?
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