Rate & Predict American Idol

Did you know you can save your ratings every week by logging into your Facebook account?

I really hate remembering all my usernames and passwords for every freaking website I visit.  I hope this more “universal” log-in makes this site easier to use.  I’m also looking into implementing Google Friend Connect, which will allow you to save your ratings with either your Google, Yahoo, AIM, or OpenId accounts.  Facebook just happened to be the easiest to implement.

PRIVACY QUESTION: What personal information do I use?

Answer: Just about nothing.  All I do is take a number that uniquely identifies you, and assign it to each of your ratings.  I don’t save any other information, per the rules of Facebook.  I don’t really care what your name is, or what’s on your wall, or any of that.  This is simply an easy way for you (and me) to track your American Idol ratings.

One of these days, I might think about using your city to see the distribution of rankings by region.  Perhaps age and gender one day, too.  But I would NEVER save that info, or have it personally identifiable to you.  I only care about general trends, and it would be interesting to see those cuts of data.

Hope the Facebook login gives you one less password to remember!