Would an anonymous app from Facebook be creepy or smart?

  • 13 October 2014
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By Sharon Gaudin
Computerworld | Oct 13, 2014 11:44 AM PT
 
Facebook is preparing to launch a mobile app that would enable users to interact online anonymously.
For a social networking site that has built a worldwide base of more than 1 billion users on the ideology of connecting people and helping them create their online identity, anonymity might seem like an odd move.
 
Industry analysts are torn between thinking that such an app could be a great business move for Facebook or one of its creepiest moves yet.
"These days, Facebook appears to be testing anything and everything to improve their service's metrics," said Patrick Moorhead, an analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy. "If not handled well, this could be extremely creepy, particularly because it comes from Facebook, who seems to step on users' privacy with reckless abandon."
 
ComputerWorld/ Article/ http://www.computerworld.com/article/2824769/would-an-anonymous-app-from-facebook-be-creepy-or-smart.html

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Creepy.
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