If I buy a product will Facebook automatically tell my friends and tell them I recommended the product? Just because I buy something I’m not necessarily recommending it to others. Do I control those recommendations or is it made on my behalf whether I truly endorse something or not?

If my image is always being used as part of a testimonial without some consent on my part I see that as a problem. I also see it as another decision that has to go through my mind before taking certain actions, possibly changing a yes to a maybe or a maybe to a no.

This is great news for social media and online marketing as a whole. While this one thing may not be the end all be all solution to value centric online marketing, it most certainly gets the ball rolling.

I wrote a post on SearchEngineLowdown (Post Beal) a while back that I think is relevant. It’s fun to look at this stuff years down the line when some of the predictions (or pleads in this case) become reality.

http://www.searchenginelowdown.com/2006/06/ari-rosenberg-its-about-mar keting-in.html

Sub “FaceBook” for “MySpace” and it all comes together quite nicely.

http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/10/google-opensocial-api.html
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/11/myspace-joins-googles-opensoci al.html
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/11/opensocial-future-for-facebook -concerns.html

Have you ever known a Mac user? $10 says they’d sign up .

“you can opt in to receive messages from your favorite businesses and brands.”

But why in the world would I want to get AD’s from people. I surely would not opt in for that.

We have thorough analysis of the MySpace AND Facebook Social Ads, please take a look at

http://tinyurl.com/344jed