Actually, Facebook *did* add it to people's profiles automatically.
In the past, if you had gone to a candidate's profile and pressed the "Support this candidate" box, then I believe you were added to a group with the same name. Later, I think Facebook changed it to just being a "friend" of that politician.
Now, they have gone and silently installed this app on the profiles of everyone who had clicked the link to support a candidate. I know this because they added it to my own profile after I indicated my support of a Senatorial candidate last year, an experience corroborated by some of my Facebook friends as well.
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In the past, if you had gone to a candidate's profile and pressed the "Support this candidate" box, then I believe you were added to a group with the same name. Later, I think Facebook changed it to just being a "friend" of that politician.
Now, they have gone and silently installed this app on the profiles of everyone who had clicked the link to support a candidate. I know this because they added it to my own profile after I indicated my support of a Senatorial candidate last year, an experience corroborated by some of my Facebook friends as well.