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Yelp is using your Facebook info without permission?
I don't know how I fee about it. I've been a long time user of yelp, but using my Facebook information without prior permission seems off base to me. Thoughts?
- stevejohnson 16y agoI have the Disconnect extension for Chrome installed so I can't see what the submitter is trying to get me to see. Can someone fill me in? I'll be an intern at Yelp this summer, so I'd like to know what I'm getting into if shady things are happening.
- nano81 16y agoI assume the poster is looking at instant personalization on Yelp (http://www.facebook.com/instantpersonalization/ http://www.facebook.com/instantpersonalization/), which was introduced last April.
- RockyMcNuts 16y agoyes they are http://www.eastbayexpress.com/eastbay/yelp-and-the-business-of-extortion-20/Content?oid=1176635 http://www.eastbayexpress.com/eastbay/yelp-and-the-business-...
- benatkin 16y agoIt's called "Instant Personalization". http://gigaom.com/2010/04/22/facebooks-instant-personalization-is-the-real-privacy-hairball/ http://gigaom.com/2010/04/22/facebooks-instant-personalizati... Old instructions on how to turn it off, back when it was simple: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/how-to-opt-out-of-facebooks-instant-personalization/ http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/how-to-opt-ou... But of course, facebook doesn't want you to turn it off so they made it a few clicks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Ei3HNeQkc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Ei3HNeQkc