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James Robertson

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David Buck, Smalltalker at large
Beacon Dies with a Whimper Posted: Sep 19, 2009 10:08 AM
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PC World reports that Facebook's Beacon ad system has been put down as part of a lawsuit settlement:

Security experts and privacy advocates soon joined the chorus of critics. Although Facebook modified Beacon several times, it never took off and has been languishing in obscurity.

Seems to me that Facebook could have saved a lot of time, money, and anguish had the designers of Beacon merely called their moms and/or spouses for their take on it first :)

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