As I was just browsing through some of my old posts, I accidentally made a surprising discovery: Steemit.com, the website, uses a Facebook SDK. As you can see from the console screenshot below, it loads the FB Connect SDK:
It also loads Google Analytics tracking code, which is something I was expecting, so no questions here.
But Facebook SDK? Hmmm...
Here are a few potential scenarios:
- Steemit is preparing (or it's already testing) the mobile app, in which it integrated the SDK. This is a common usage of the Facebook SDK scripts, especially since you want to use features like Facebook login, or tracking installs as a result of a Facebook ad
- Steemit is preparing a Facebook ad campaign and it uses the SDK to monitor the results (that would be really, really interesting)
- Steemit is using Facebook SDK as a way to track more marketing metrics than GA can track (another common usage of this SDK)
- Steemit hired a professional marketing company which required they install this tool to help them track user behavior
- Steemit will soon use Facebook login as a way to log in to / join Steemit (my brain is already curling just thinking about why would you do something like this)
I confess I am a bit confused about this. It's not something bad per se, it's just something I wouldn't expect to see here.
Thoughts?
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