Friends without FaceBook

[nono031]

I'm also interesting, I convince many friends to use waze but we don't have a FB account... And we don't want to have one.

[OldGnome]

...its actually comical that a system like waze is incapable of forging ahead without facebook.

You mean instead of building their own social network infrastructure? I would much rather the app remain focused on driving than social networking.

[OldGnome]

Another vote for friends without using facebook. Or at the very least, the ability to use Facebook with "custom" groups of friends. I don't need every whatshisname knowing where I'm driving -- just a few select family members and friends at most.

There is a pretty granular level of control you can establish with Facebook - that is, who can see what. You can create custom lists there.

On the other hand, if you have 10,000 "friends" on Facebook....

[OldGnome]

True, Facebook allows you to group people into various lists and apply custom privacy settings to those lists. But I don't believe Waze allows you the same benefit when in the app. That is, I can control when Waze posts on Facebook and to whom, but I can't control other "friends" that are Wazers seeing me while in the app. I'd be very happy if this wasn't the case, but as far as I can tell, it is.

Facebook allows you to restrict posts from an application to a custom group. Or at least, it seems/claims to. I have not tested it.

[OldGnome]

Had I known this was a Facebook required app...

Interesting thought. Facebook is NOT required. Whatever gave you that idea?

[Oxyacetylene]

I would also like to have this functionality without FB. I can't stand how everyone is integrating with FB now!

[RallyChris]

yes.

[rolphdie]

Another anti-Facebook vote.

I know we can use Waze without Facebook, just as we can also use other competing mapping solutions. I guess Waze has decided they would rather lose users to competitors than change this policy. So be it. Sad but not surprising consequence of what, IMHO, is an ill-advised, short sighted stance.

Best regards.

totally i agree with this.

stop toadying to fb!

[rolphdie]

Unfortunatelly not for now.

Facebook rumored to be buying GPS app Waze for upto$1billion
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=48659

When will fb come, it would be best time for leaving.

[seriousarsonist]

Another anti-Facebook vote.

I know we can use Waze without Facebook, just as we can also use other competing mapping solutions. I guess Waze has decided they would rather lose users to competitors than change this policy. So be it. Sad but not surprising consequence of what, IMHO, is an ill-advised, short sighted stance.

Best regards.

+1


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