This is unbelievable. Apparently tons of people who want to log into Facebook don't go to www.facebook.com, they type "facebook login" into google and click the first result regardless of what it links to. Today, the first result happened to link to a news article from the excellent site ReadWriteWeb.com about AIM's new integration with Facebook. The people that clicked this link thought they were on some new version of Facebook despite the gigantic red ReadWriteWeb header and URL. Panicked, these users scanned the site for a way to sign in and found a link that lets you comment on ReadWriteWeb by using your Facebook credentials. The link says "Log in with Facebook" so these users thought they were logging into Facebook. This is unbelievable. You can see hundreds of comments by "upset Facebook users" on the article here. You should read the first couple of pages of comments, they are hilarious. "I WANT THE OLD FAFEBOOK BACK THIS SHIT IS WACK!!!!!". "i need the old facebook this new one is very bad...". An employee at ReadWriteWeb chimed in: ... it's real. We've determined by looking at our traffic stats that people are doing Google searches for "facebook login" and coming upon RWW. They see the FB Connect button and assume that RWW is the "new Facebook." This has me thinking that if users are this unaware of what they are doing online, it's no wonder phishing scams work so well. It's no wonder users complain when Facebook makes a layout change. It's no wonder users don't like using a single box for entering an address. It's no wonder there are so many Hotmail users. This just proves we have so far to go before we can assume users know what they are doing or know how the internet works. As one RRW commenter wrote, perhaps we should teach basic internet use in school (much like how we learned how to address letters and write checks in school). I'm starting to agree. Labels: aroundtheweb
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