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Facebook Offers Easy Commenting Alternative

Posted by timothy on from the disqus-among-yourselves dept.

Spice Consumer writes "Facebook has just unveiled a 'new system (that) lets website owners replace their current commenting system with Facebook's simply by dropping in a few lines of JavaScript.' How widely adopted this new system becomes could greatly affect Facebook's already entrenched position on the web and further compromise individual users' privacy."

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  1. I have seen this several times already by peragrin · · Score: 4, Insightful

    and all it does is prevent me from posting comments.

    Something to do with me not having a facebook account but my voice is being stifled because I am not an attention whore.

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    i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
  2. What percent of the world is on the web? by tepples · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Keep in mind that 90% of the world IS NOT on Facebook.

    Your 90 percent figure might mislead if one doesn't stop to consider what percent of the world is on the web to begin with. We have three groups: A. those with Facebook, B. those with web and e-mail but not Facebook, and C. those without web and e-mail. Switching your comment system from OpenID to Facebook login affects only group B, and I imagine C is far bigger than A and B put together. (But I'm in B, you insensitive clod!)

  3. Re:Majority DON'T have Facebook Accounts by hjf · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Facebook will get replaced by the next "new thing" before too long.

    Why?

    I mean Google has been around for 13 years, with no signs of being replaced by a "new thing" anytime soon.
    Facebook is a different beast. It's the first time I see a "global scale" social network. No one gave a fuck about MySpace outside the US, but facebook is all over the place.