How to Become a Social Rock Star (without knowing it)
Posted by jonathan at 11:09am EST on 01/03/2008
Megan McCarthy of Wired Magazine touches on how to become a social rock star.
I noticed this a few weeks back, when my friends’ profile pics started showing up with sponsored ads attached to them.
A little bit like that. I noticed one for Michael Arrington that pointed to Netflix, but I didn’t think much of it. But after reading what Megan wrote, it does make me think about twice about whether I really want my name and face being used to endorse products that I’m not even aware of.
This seems to be a bit of a breach of privacy, not to mention unethical.
Facebook needs to strongly reconsider running these Social Ads.
But don’t get me wrong, I’d be happy to become a social rock star, but not this way, no, not this way.
