Facebook 'likes' may now make you vulnerable to spam

Facebook 'likes' may now make you vulnerable to spam

Filed under: Web services, Social Software

Facebook is working on a new feature that would make "likes" more like Pages, allowing for info to be posted on the walls of anybody who "likes" a particular thing. Currently, this only works one way: if you post about something you like, your post goes on the wall of the Facebook page for that thing. Under the new version, any page with a like button will be able to do this in reverse, leaving messages on the walls of all its "likers."

AllFacebook.com puts a positive spin on this, saying "all webpages on the Internet immediately have become two-way communication channels." I have a different perspective, though: by clicking "like" in the future, you'll be opening yourself up to potentially massive quantities of wall spam. Right now, liking something is a fairly insignificant gesture: you'll probably click it once and forget about it. That's going to change, though, and I think people will start getting pickier about what they like.

What do you think, DLS readers? Is this two-way communication a positive development for users, another case of Facebook making itself attractive to advertisers ... or both?

Facebook 'likes' may now make you vulnerable to spam originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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