My dyed in the wool democrat cousin woke up this morning

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8. does she ever like ANYTHING, expecially on other sites

My fortune 100 company made every brand take like buttons off of our site. Part of that was because FB can track our users even if they don't hit the like button (the button being shown is enough for FB to track, and FB terms won't allow it to be done another way).

The other part is that it's too easy to abuse. We wouldn't abuse it, but someone could get you to like one thing, then change what they are. We could get you to like one brand then use that for other brands.

You could like a "cute kitten" FB page or external site one day. Then they change to a Mitt Romney site with the same FB account and access to you. I don't think the RNC or Romney (or Obama) would do it, but they hire so many outside agencies to get their word out that I can see it happening to Romney or Obama.

And that doesn't even include FB's paying partners. My company uses some of those partners and we have to say NO repeatedly to over 50% of the services they offer because they can do a lot of things that users don't expect (it's in the FB terms but nobody understands exactly what it means)