For many of us, Facebook was around in college. Which means there are some awful, awful pictures of us circulating on the internet. I’m one of the guiltiest offenders. But that’s all right. Because a lot of these images taken at bad angles, in weird costumes, and blind drunk are great memories and make for a laugh now. So I’m sharing a few of mine (sorry, mom!) and asking you, what’s the worst photo of yourself on Facebook? More »
A Facebook developer by the name of Tom Waddington stumbled across something completely new within the latest version of the Facebook SDK, hinting that the social networking giant may be working on a new “Want” button similar to the ever so popular “Like” button. Waddington managed to insert it into his website, which similarly resembles the Like button. Anyone signed in to Facebook can press it to “want this.” What results from there is a red error message.
What’s interesting is that the button also displays a small plus sign icon on the left of it, which could suggest additional actions with the button. Developers have had the opportunity to create their own versions of a Want button and it’s always called for authorization of a third-party app to allow actions to show up on any user’s timeline. A direct Want button would make it ridiculously easy for everyone to embrace and start using right away.
Facebook hasn’t made a public listing on the Facebook’s developer site where other social plugins can be found, so it’s likely Facebook wasn’t expecting to reveal the idea just yet, if at all. A button like this will probably make a lot of advertisers pretty darn happy, but who really knows if the majority of Facebook users will be able to properly distinguish between the use of the Like button and a new Want button when or if it ever rolls out.
[via LA Times]
Facebook ‘Want’ button discovered in latest SDK is written by Elise Moreau & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Facebook developer Tom Waddington has stumbled on a Want button in the latest Facebook SDK. As you know the Like button has been a universal hit, and it is clear that a Want button could generate data that would make a lot of advertisers and marketing agencies drool (and pay) over. Facebook’s intentions are even more clear as the new Want button seems to work only on objects described as “products” to the API. (more…)
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