Facebook Connect. Let’s see some ID.

• Dec 2nd, 2008
• Posted by jhagy
• Posted in Facebook, Social Media, Social Media Business Models, Uncategorized

Facebook Connect: it’s Zuckerman & Co.’s version of Open ID, and it’s raising questions about privacy, monopoly, and advertising.

Facebook Connect will initially partner with sites like Hulu and Digg, with plans to expand—and eventually make your Facebook ID the only online ID you’ll ever need.

Sure, that helps the 120 million+ Facebook users skip a lot of logging in, and it gives potential advertisers even more info about those users and their surfing habits, but do we really want one company to know everything about our online adventures?

Does Facebook want to our friend or our big brother? Will Facebook Connect trump OpenID and truly link-up to social web?

Or is Facebook Connect just Beacon 2.0—the trigger for another Facebook backlash?

Stay tuned.