Facebook claims you're playing games you aren't playing

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-claims-youre-playing-games-you-arent-playing/9632?tag=mantle_skin;content

by Slimy • 14 years ago

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talmand• 14 years ago

He says Facebook’s “Discover New Games” algorithm is broken. I say it's probably working exactly as intended.

miahi• 14 years ago

As an "antisocial" (never had a Facebook/[other social network] account and never will) I see this as expected behaviour. They need you inside to access your data. They need you to interact more with them to gather more data.

If you see your friends taking drugs, you feel the (social?) pressure to try them too. If somebody (the drug seller) tells you that all your friends are into drugs, you don't feel guilty if you try them.

eridius• 14 years ago

It would be fine if this was advertised as a way to discover new games that it thinks you might like, based in part upon what your friends have played (but also, presumably, upon what games people who like the games you like also like). But the fact that it's advertising that your friends are playing games that they simply are not, that's absolutely wrong.

joedev• 14 years ago

We've really reached a sad point in the development of civilization when accurately tracking which games your friends play is a pressing issue. (p.s. Considering how I spend my time and attention, I'm including myself in this indictment.)

kaeluka• 14 years ago

No, we reached the point where companies might lie to you in order to make you play.

dkarl• 14 years ago

Does he really think his friends will tell him the truth about how often they play Facebook games? He might as well ask them how often they exercise and how much junk food they eat. Nobody is going to admit they play CityVille or Sorority Life.

Facebook claims you're playing games you aren't playing

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