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Justin Hamilton points out a new Facebook app called FriendsCSV. It can extract virtually all personal information from your friends’ profiles and export to a csv file. Crucially, this can all be done without the agreement of your friends.
An effective method of data mining Facebook profiles has long been the holy grail for politicians. Now the data is so readily available there really is no excuse for any politician not to be on Facebook.
Social networks offer many potentially beneficial and less utilitarian uses for politicians, but the sad truth is the possibility of reams of fresh voter data is what will bring the remaining holdouts scampering to the trough with renewed enthusiasm.
My former colleagues at IPDI beat me to the story, but last night I received an email, courtesy of the excellent Non-Profit Salesforce.com Practioners Group, directing me to a post on Mashable! about a Salesforce App for Facebook called Faceforce.
Web-based CRM software provider Salesforce.com has launched a Facebook application for connecting data from the two services. Appropriately named Faceforce, the application allows you to see things like your contact record (which is kept in your Salesforce.com account) side-by-side with a user’s Facebook profile, assuming they are list as a friend. In theory, this enables a more personal relationship between sales people and their customers by letting them know more about each other.
Effectively (and legally!) utilizing Facebook data is considered the holy grail for many tech companies right now. Logically, a link up between Facebook and Salesforce should be profitable for both parties, strengthening relationships between contacts. A healthy dose of respect is required though. The strength of some Facebook friendships will be tested! Continue reading ‘Salesforce + Facebook = Potentially Lethal!’
Crossposted at the IPDI Blog.
Congressman George Miller (CA-7) is once again proving himself to be one of the leaders in online innovation up on Capitol Hill. He began the 110th Congress with a press conference in the virtual world Second Life and now he has his own Facebook app - Miller TV.
Building on the idea behind Congressman Jack Kingston’s (GA-1) ConstituentTube Miller TV allows Facebook users to add a video feed from Congressman Miller directly to their profile.
In his first video Congressman Miller asks viewers to send him questions about the Iraq War using online tools such as video, blogs, a Facebook group titled ‘Ask George’ and email. By asking respondents to tag their videos and blog entries with the phrase ‘askgeorge’ (all one word) Congressman Miller’s office can easily find and track the questions.
The crucial difference between Miller TV and ConstituentTube is the enormous extra power provided by Facebook. Instead of disappearing after one blog post Miller TV will be permanently etched on the profiles of many Facebook users for months, possibly even years to come. Good Facebook apps become part of a users everyday routine, which is what makes Miller TV potentially so fantastic.
It will be interesting to see what video Congressman Miller decides to post next. Will it be a compilation of the video questions sent in? How will he account for all the questions sent in via email, blogs and his Facebook group? We will be watching. Check back here for further updates.
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