Comments on: Libraries: Be careful what your web sites “Like” http://everybodyslibraries.com/2011/09/27/libraries-be-careful-what-your-web-sites-like/ Libraries for everyone, by everyone, shared with everyone, about everything Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Karl Suhr http://everybodyslibraries.com/2011/09/27/libraries-be-careful-what-your-web-sites-like/#comment-4780 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:57:18 +0000 http://everybodyslibraries.com/?p=1946#comment-4780 ironic/meta ‘share on facebook’ icon below article :)

]]> By: John Mark Ockerbloom http://everybodyslibraries.com/2011/09/27/libraries-be-careful-what-your-web-sites-like/#comment-4771 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:25:52 +0000 http://everybodyslibraries.com/?p=1946#comment-4771 PS, since someone’s otherwise bound to ask: Yes there are various “Share this” buttons, including one for Facebook, as well as a WordPress “Like” button, attached to this and other posts on this blog. As far as I can determine, none of them contact the web sites they refer to unless you click on them (unlike the Facebook “Like” button, which in its typical configuration contacts Facebook as soon as it’s displayed).

The fact that it’s hard to tell the difference between buttons that automatically “phone home” upon display, and ones that wait until you click, is one aspect of the “informed consent” problem with many of these services.

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