facebook Marketplace and privacy
I poked around on facebook’s Marketplace and found something really interesting. facebook Marketplace is the equivalent of Kijiji or Craig’s list with a little twist.It’s the place to buy, sell and give things to people YOU KNOW.
It is powered by Oodle, more listings, smarter classifieds.
It’s got the usual UI similarities like box to post whatever is for sale.
There is a Browse section for the existing categories.
Recent Listings or View all listings.
There are a number of other tabs for
- Selling it
- Sell for a cause
- Give it away
- Ask for it
Pretty easy to use and navigate around with the typical social network feel to it.
On the right hand side there are 2 columns, one for the usual facebook ads. The other column caught my attention.
Want to see your cause featured? Contact us today. Clicking on this resulted in another form.
It looks like a pretty standard facebook email form, right? Looking for the fine print, this is what I found.
If you send Matthew Dearborn a message, you will give him permission to view your list of friends, as well as you Basic, Work and Education info. for one month.
Hmm not sure who Matthew Dearborn is and not sure how my friends feel about giving this individual access to my friends list and other information.
This now brings up the privacy dillema. If you are one of those people that are very open is a social network this would not bother you. However what if you are one of those people that value your privacy and have the privacy settings activated as per your preference for various people in your network. This might be a bit bothersome.
What are your thoughts on this?
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