What I think is excessive though, is complaining about it on an unrelated post about something that has nothing to do with Facebook and saying a simple tag 'leaves a bad taste'. Especially considering a Facebook tag on a different site has nothing to do with their policies.
I would not have brought up FB if I did not think it was germane to the post. This is a "Hey, HN people, what do you think of my site?" post. The site includes a FB bug in the form of the "like" button that makes it easier for FB to track people across sites. That diminishes the site for me. I'm less concerned with the Twitter button precisely because of the difference in company privacy policies and past behavior.
When people build sites and decide to tranclude content from other domains they need to make a deliberate decision about what that means. If you willingly associate your site with some other site then the expectation is that you're good with what they do and how they do it.
What I think is excessive though, is complaining about it on an unrelated post about something that has nothing to do with Facebook and saying a simple tag 'leaves a bad taste'. Especially considering a Facebook tag on a different site has nothing to do with their policies.
I would not have brought up FB if I did not think it was germane to the post. This is a "Hey, HN people, what do you think of my site?" post. The site includes a FB bug in the form of the "like" button that makes it easier for FB to track people across sites. That diminishes the site for me. I'm less concerned with the Twitter button precisely because of the difference in company privacy policies and past behavior.
When people build sites and decide to tranclude content from other domains they need to make a deliberate decision about what that means. If you willingly associate your site with some other site then the expectation is that you're good with what they do and how they do it.