PART ONE
Have you tried out this new Facebook app? Created just for your entertainment & fun? What do you think?
1. What would motivate the developer to create it? Make money? How?
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Read this quote from their site.
2. Why does Facebook have the legal disclaimer tacked on at the end?
Compared to Me is a simple and fun
tool that allows you to compare yourself with your friends on a series
of questions. This tool offers a way to discover self images by
comparing your responses to the average answers of all users. In
addition, it also helps you identify friends who share similar self
images with you.
Your answers to the questions will be used in aggregate and will not be individually disclosed to others.
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Now - click here to read about the reasons behind the development of this app.
Read the article and answer the questions.
3. What would motivate the developer to create it?
Are you concerned about your privacy? If NOT, perhaps you should be. Check out the Youth Privacy Blog feed to your right - >
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PART TWO
"Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter allow marketers to insert themselves into the rapid patter of items that make up the real-time feed created by each user." -Advertising Age
Click to the advertising departments at Facebook and Twitter.
- What surprises you ?
- What kinds of ads appear on your Facebook site?
- Are they targeting you directly? Have you given information on Facebook that would give them the information they need to know what you might buy?
- Do you think that they influence your values?
- Do you think that they influence what you buy?
