October 5, 2010

Jon Lund
This month’s Wired Magazine on the iPad includes a Facebook commenting tool embedded in a story about the new Facebook movie. This is the first time Wired has provided a way for readers to comment on stories from within its iPad app.

Danish blogger Jon Lund noticed the Facebook integration on Saturday after downloading the new October edition of the magazine. He notes the Facebook story is the only one in the magazine to include the commenting capability:

“However it does seem plausible, that this is a stealth-like attempt to try out the let’s-create-a-facebook-page-dedicated-to-the-article-and-have-discussions-there-experiment in a context where it’s legitimate and natural — namely on an article about … Facebook itself.”
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