Facebook Like Buttons
The cluster centers on critiques and discussions of Facebook's Like button, including its tracking without clicks, marketing uses, accidental engagements, and comparisons to upvotes or other social buttons.
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What about all the Like buttons everywhere?
Heck, I'm having trouble seeing what makes this better than a Facebook Like!
Where's the "Like" button when I actually want it?!
It actually does not make users "like", right? First it sends you to submit page, then you submit and then you're counted as liked?
Loading the like button is enough for facebook to track you and infer your interests. You never have to click it.
is people buying likes not a sufficient answer?
Wouldn't the standard 'Like' be sufficient for that?
Likes are used to place ads. Likes is like subscribing for mail.
Doesn't this same problem apply to the like button as well, not only the dislike button?
"like" is just a marketing label for the button/link. The actual function of it is to increase the visibility of the story. A lot of people have figured this out and use the facility for what it does rather than how it is labeled. I see this on FB a lot, too.